1860 125th Year 1985
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
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P.O. BOX 181. WEST NEWTON. MASS. 02165
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
Founded in I860, the Boston Numismatic Society, the nation's
oldest regularly meeting numismatic organization, continues a
tradition of more than a century in pursuit of goals directed
towards education, research and exhibition in many fields
relating to coins, medals, tokens and paper money.
Meeting on the second Tuesday evening of the month from September
to June, at the Newton Highlands Women's Club, 72 Columbus Road,
Newton Highlands, Massachusetts, the Society enjoys the
expertise of its own members and guest speakers in the delivery
of specially illustrated talks and, upon occasion, the benefit
of prepared slide presentations.
In the course of a year, topics considered at meetings
Society might include the coinage of Colonial America,
coppers of the early United States, paper money of the
Bank Era, specialized issues of one of the New England
or the tokens of a Caribbean island.
of the
the
Broken
states ,
At least one session each year is devoted to a subject in the
realm of Classical Numismatics, with foci in the recent past
on the silver pieces of the Hellenic colonies in the Mediterranean,
the coinage of Roman Israel, and the evolution of the denarius.
From its inception, the Society has encouraged the communication
of numismatic knowledge and has included in its ranks such
luminaries as Sylvester S. Crosby, Howland Wood, Shephard Pond
and Maurice Gould.
Members of the Society today share their experience with various
learned and historical societies in New England, participate
in the work of regional and national numismatic organizations,
and contribute to journals and standard reference works in the
United States and abroad.
The Lamp of Knowledge emblem of the American Numismatic Association
derives from a design by Society member James Ford Clapp, Jr.,
noted medallist and architect, who has created the graceful and
elegant medal for the 1987 Annual Conference and Convention of
the New England Numismatic Associations as well as for many other
occas ions .
The annual subscription for the Society is ten dollars, and
information on membership may be obtained from Arthur M. Fitts III,
President, at the above address.
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
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MEMBERSHIP SENIORITY
1990
MEMBER
JOINED
OSCAR H. DODSON
(.L :>
1 1-30-36
ROY DON BURKE
1 1-17-37
HAROLD E. WHITENECK
10-22-46
DORAN A . JONES
cl:>
3-12-47
JAMES F. CLAPP, JR.
ch:>
5-13-47
MABEL A. TUTTLE
(H)
12- 8-49
ALVAH W. HOYT
10-23-53
JOSEPH FREEDBERG
4— 4—56
BARTLOFF KOSROF I AN
CL)
1 1 — 6—56
OLE R. KNUDSON
2- 5-57
SYLVIA PAGE
(L)
5- 7-57
SAMUEL L. STONE
4-29-58
THOMAS P. ROCKWELL
CH)
10- 7-58
ROBERT R. ANDREWS, II
5-20-60
HELEN READ OGDEN
1-25-61
S. CHARLES TALAMO
1- 9-63
JOHN E. BORHEf
5- 8-63
SUSAN S. ROND
1- 6-66
ARTHUR M. FITTS, III
CL)
12-18-68
LEONARD H. FINN
6-26-69
JOHN D. MULLEN
2-12-70
ROBERT A. SPENCE
2-12-70
WALTER H. RILEY
1 1-10-76
CONSTANCE D. RILEY
1-1 1-78
EDWARD S. WELTMAN
3- 3-78
JOSEPH C. GHILONI, JR.
4-1 1-78
PAUL F. WHITE
4-18-78
WILLIAM T. JONES, JR.
2-20-80
JOHN S. RODMAN
(L >
2-20-80
MARTIN A. SAMUELS
3-18-80
EDMUND L. PAGE
1-13-81
FRANK LEPPERT
CL)
4-15-82
BERTRAM M. COHEN
CL)
4-20-82
JAN M. DYROFF
CL)
1 1-12-82
JOHN W. ADAMS
4-13-83
CARL W. LUNDQUIST
9-14-83
CAROL S. GOLDBERG
4-10-84
ROBERT K . BURKE
<L>
1 1-13-85
PAUL SPIEGEL
cl:>
1 1-13-85
LAWRENCE W. BELL
CL)
9-25-86
PAUL RANC
3-13-87
JAY E. BAILEY
5-13-87
JOHN J. INGALLS
CL)
6-11-87
ARNOLD BEAUREGARD
1-12-88
EDWARD M. KATZ
10-1 1-88
EVELYN B. KATZ
10-1 1-88
RICHARD B. LAV I MOD I ERE
10-11-88
ALVAN JONES
9-12-89
BARBARA A. JONES
9-12-89
GRANT E. MORRIS
10-10-89
THOMAS L. DROZ
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□scar H. Dodson
CL )
1 1-30-36
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
Harold E. Whi teneck
10-22-46
James F. Clapp, Jr.
C H )
5-13-47
Joseph Freedberq
4- 4-56
JANUARY 1, 1995
Ba r 1 1 o f f Ko srof i a n
CL)
1 1- 6-56
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Ole R. Knudson
2- 5-57
Sylvia Page (Mrs.)
C L )
5- 7-57
Thomas P. Rockwell
C H )
10- 7-58
Robert R. Andrews, II
5- 2-60
L = Life Member
S. Charles Talamo
1- 9-63
John E. Bor he k
5- 8-63
H = Honorary Member
Susan S. Pond (Miss)
1- 6-66
Arthur M. Fitts, III
C L )
12-18-68
John D. Mullen
2-12-70
Robert A. Spence
2-12-70
Wa Iter H . R i 1 ey
1 1-10-76
Constance D. Riley (Mrs
. )
1-1 1-78
Edward S. Weltman
3- 3-78
Joseph C. GhilonifJr.
4-11-78
William T. Jones, Jr.
2-20-80
John S. Rodman
CL)
2-20-80
Martin A. Samuels
3-18-80
Edmund Page
1-13-81
Frank Leppert
CL)
4-15-82
Bertram M. Cohen
CL)
4-20-82
Jan M. Dyroff
CL)
1 1-12-82
John W. Adams
4-13-83
Carl W. Lundquist
9-14-83
Robert K. Burke
CL)
1 1-13-85
Paul Spiegel
CL)
11-13-85
Lawrence W. Bell
CL)
9-25-86
Jay E . Bailey
5-13-87
John J. Ingalls
CL)
6-11-87
Arnold Beauregard
1-12-88
Edward M. Katz
Richard E. Lavimodiere
Evelyn B. Katz (Mrs.)
Alvan Jones
Barbara A. Jones (.Mrs. )
Thomas L. Droz
John M. Sallay
Prudence M. Fitts (Mrs.!)
Robert S. Anderson
Albert A. Kamishlian
Michael J. Sales
Harvey A. Fenton
Kenneth B. Spatola
David B. Nathanson
Andrew J. Girard
Robert F. Fritsch
10- 1 1-B8
10-1 1-88
10-11-88
9- 12-89
9-12-89
1 1- 14-89
1- 8-91
1- 8-91
3- 12-91
5-14-91
1-14-92
1- 14-92
2- 11-92
4- 14-92
9-14-93
3- 8-94
50
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
Oscar H. Dodson
(L)
1 1-30-36
Harold E. Whitened
10-22-46
James F. Clapp, Jr.
(H :>
5-13-47
Joseph Freedberq
4- 4-56
Ba r 1 1 o f f Kosr of l a n
(L >
1 1- 6-56
Ole R. Knud son
2- 5-57
Sylvia Page (Mrs.)
(L)
5- 7-57
Thomas P. Rockwell
(H )
10- 7-58
Robert R. Andrews, II
5— 2-60
S. Charles Talamo
1- 3-63
John E. Borhek
5- 8-63
Susan S. Pond (Miss)
1- 6-66
Art hu r M . Fitts, III
(L)
12-18-68
John D . Mu lien
2- 1 2-70
Robert A. Spence
2-12-70
Wa Iter H . R l 1 ey
1 1-10-76
Constance D. Riley «.Mrs
. )
1-1 1-78
Edward S. Weltman
3-78
Joseph C. Ghiloni,Jr.
4-1 1-78
William T. Jones, Jr.
John S. Rodman
(L)
2-20-80
Martin A. Samuels
Edmund Page
1-13-81
Frank Leppert
< L >
4-15-U2
Bertram M. Cohen
4-20-82
Jan M . Dy r o f f
(L >
1 1-12-82
John W. Adams
4-13-83
Carl W. Lundquist
Robert K. E<urle (L)
Paul Spiegel < L >
Lawrence W. Bell (L)
Jay E . Bailey
John J. Ingalls (L)
Arnold Beauregard
Edward M. Katz
Richard E. Lav i modi ere
Evelyn E< . Katz (Mrs.)
Alvan Jones
Barbara A. Jones (Mrs.)
Thomas L. Droz
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Prudence M. Fitts (Mrs.)
Robert S. Anderson
Harvey A. Fenton
Kenneth E^ . Spa to la
David B. Nathanson
Andrew J. Uirard
Robert F . Fritsch
Joseph S. Wo. jc lechowsk l
1- 8-31
3- 12-31
1 14 92
2- 1 1-32
4- 14-32
3- 14-33
3- 8-34
5- 3-35
December 31 , 1335
L = Life Member
H = Honorary Member
BOSTON NUMISMATIC: SOCIETY
SPRING, 1996
1 1 a r 1 cl E . W hi i t 0 n e c k
1 0 . 22 . 46
James F . Clapp, Jr.
( [ 1 )
5 13-47
J 0 s e p 1 t F ree d b e v q
4 . 4--5B
B a r 1 1 0 f f 1 q s r 0 f i a n
C L )
.11 . 6 . 56
Ole R. 1' nudson
L — 5 ' j 7
S y 1 v i a P a ge ( M r 5 . )
( L. :>
5- 7 57
T h 0 m a s P . R 0 c k w e I 1
(ID
1U- 7 . 58
R 0 b 0 r t R „ A n d r 0 w s , I
I
5 - 2-60
S . C ! 1 a r 1 0 0 T a 1 a m 0
1- 9-63
John E. Bor he k
5- 8-63
Susan S . P 0 n d C M i s s )
1 - 6 -66
Arthur M. Fitts, III
( L )
12 . 18-68
John D. Mullen
2 1 i
R 0 b e v t A . G p 0 n •_ g
2 -12 70
Walter H. Riley
11-10* 76
C onsta rt c e D . R i 1 0 y (
M r s . )
1 - 1 1 -78
Edward S. Weltman
3- 3-70
Jose p 1 t C - G h 1 1 0 n i , J r
.
41 1 -78
William T. Jones, Jr
•
2-20-80
John S. Rodman
( l :>
2—20—80
Martin A. Samuels
3 . 18 . 80
Edmund Page
1 IS- 01
Frank Leppert
CL)
4-15-82
Ber t r am M . Co he n
( L )
4-20—82
Jan M. Dyroff
(L)
11-12-82
John W. Adams
4-13-83
Carl W. Lundquist
9-14-83
R 0 b e r t K . Bu r ke
(L)
11-13-85
Paul Spiegel
( L )
1 1-13-85
Lawrence W- Bell
C I. )
9-25-86
Jay E . Ba 1 1 ey
5-13-37
John J . Ingalls
( L )
6-1 .1-37
Arnold Beauregard
1-12-88
Edward M . Katz
10-1 1-88
Richard E. Lavimodie
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10-1 1-80
Evelyn B . K a t z i M r s .
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1 0- 1 1 -88
A Ivan Jones
9-12-89
Barbara A. Jones (Mrs.)
9-12-89
Thomas L. Droz
1 1-14-89
P r u d 0 n c e M . Fitts ( M
r s . )
1- 8-91
R 0 b e r t 3 . A n d e r son
3-12-91
Harvey A. Fenton
1-14-32
Kenneth B. Spate la
2- 1 1 -32
David B . N a t h a n s 0 rt
4-14-92
Andrew J. Girard
9-14-93
R 0 b e r t F . F r i t s c h
3- 8-94
Josep 1 1 S . W j i 0 c h 0 w
sk i
5- 9-95
Sharon Dyroff
1- 3-96
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BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
SPRING, 1998
Harold E. Whiteneck
(L)
10-22-46
James F. Clapp, Jr.
(H)
5-13-47
Joseph Freedberg
4- 4-56
Bartloff Kosrofian
(L)
11- 6-56
Ole R. Knudson
2- 5-57
Thomas P. Rockwell
(H)
10- 7-58
Robert R. Andrews, II
5- 2-60
S. Charles Talamo
1- 9-63
John E. Borhek
5- 8-63
Susan S. Pond (Miss)
1- 6-66
Arthur M. Fitts, III
(L)
12-18-68
John D. Mullen
2-12-70
Robert A. Spence
2-12-70
Edward S. Weltman
3- 3-78
Joseph C. Ghi loni , Jr .
4-11-78
William T. Jones, Jr.
2-20-80
John S. Rodman
(L)
2-20-80
Martin A. Samuels
3-18-80
Edmund Page
1-13-81
Frank Leppert
(L)
4-15-82
Bertram M. Cohen
(L)
4-20-82
Jan M. Dyroff
(L)
11-12-82
John W. Adams
4-13-83
Carl W. Lundquist
9-14-83
Kevin E. McKelvey
(L)
11-13-85
Paul Spiegel
(L)
11-13-85
Lawrence W. Bell
(L)
9-25-86
Jay E. Bailey
5-13-87
John J. Ingalls
(L)
6-11-87
Arnold Beauregard
1-12-88
Edward M. Katz
10-11-88
Richard E. Lavimodiere
10-11-88
Evelyn B. Katz (Mrs.)
10-11-88
Alvan Jones
9-12-89
Barbara A. Jones (Mrs.
)
9-12-89
Thomas L. Droz
11-14-89
Prudence M. Fitts (Mrs.
)
1- 8-91
Robert S. Anderson
3-12-91
Harvey A. Fenton
1-14-92
Kenneth B. Spatola
2-11-92
David B. Nathanson
4-14-92
Andrew J. Girard
9-14-93
Robert F. Fritsch
3- 8-94
Joseph S. Wo j ciechowski
5- 9-95
Sharon Dyroff
(H)
1- 9-96
Charles Getlin
9-10-96
Jay— Maz-e_Lsi£_y_
11— 1-2— 9 &
Arthur W. Kay
6-10-97
Jerry Rudolph
11-25-97
Gilbert Young
1- 9-98
(Died 1-15-98)
L = Life Member
H = Honorary
Member
(never voted in, resigned 12-11-97
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NEW ENGLAND NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION
William Jones shows his Elliott Goldberg Best of Show Award
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Mary Mullen, Paul and Alice White were fixtures at the
Registration Table.
19 9 1
LEONARD H. FINN
BNS 1969 - 1994
THOMAS P. ROCKWELL
BNS 1958 -
OCTOBER, 1991
I
Dealer celebrates
lipoid Whiteoeck »of Concord Coins In
Concord,"* Nil., celebrated his 50th an¬
niversary full time In dealing in numismat¬
ics in October.
Whiteneck is 78 years old. He has been
involved in coin collecting for more than
56 years. His store sells anything numis¬
matic, although he specializes in U.S. and
50th anniversary
/ 2 /4 r C? j •
Canadian coins. y
Whiteneck participates-in'tTie bourse at
local coin shows in addition to dealing
through his store. Store hours are 9 a.m. to
4 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m.
to 3 p.m. Saturdays.
Concord Coins is located at 5 S. State St.,
Concord, N.H. 03301. £3
C.oi)\ Vjorlct '
HAROLD E. WHITENECK
BNS 1946 -
SECRETARY 1947
TREASURER 1958 - 1960
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Collector joins coin firm
Kenneth B. Spatola, a long-time collector
from Massachusetts, has been hired as di¬
rector of sales for
Bowers and Merena
Galleries of Wolfe-
boro. N H
Spatula's duties in¬
clude working uith
private clients, attend¬
ing conventions, and
acting as a customer
representative, ac¬
cording to a news re¬
lease from Bowers
and Merena Galleries.
Spatola has a bachelor's degree in chem¬
ical engineering from Tufts University and
a master's degree in marketing from Indi¬
ana State University. He also attended the
W harton School at the University of Penn¬
sylvania for New Products Marketing and
worked in the business field before joining
Bowers and Merena.
Spatola, who has been collecting coins
since 1959, chose to make a career move
because he wanted to make his life-long
hobby into a vocation, according to the
news release.
He was one of the first people to join the
Young Numismatists of America in 19f>2.
At the time, the organization was struggling
to get American Numismatic Association
certification and sponsorship.
His early collecting interests included
Lincoln cents, Indian Head 5-cent coins,
and Winged Liberty Head dimes from cir¬
culation. and eventually expanded to in¬
clude Proof sets and rolls of cents and 5-
cent coins. Spatola is a member of the
Boston Numismatic Society, the Early
'American Toppers Tnt* . the ANA. the Soci¬
ety for U.S Commemorative Coins and
local coin clubs. ■
1
KENNETH B. SPATOLA
BNS 1992 -
JUSTIN VAN ETTIN & ARTHUR M. FITTS , III
19 9 2
In 1992 the American Numismatic Association donated one
of its Summer Sessions in the name of the Boston Numismatic
Society because the BNS is the third oldest numismatic club.
Justin Van Ettin, a Young Numismatist from the Worcester, MA
area, was the recipient. He is shown here being congratulated by
Arthur M. Fitts, III the President of the BNS.
In 1994 Justin was seriously injured in a head-on automobile
crash on route #495, Massachusetts.
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Harris Endorses Return to ‘‘Old” Logo
hile reading the March "From Your
President" by Edward C Rochettc
("Logm Sometimes .\liv> ITicir Mark,"
p 298), it was nice to see that I had
been given credit for the last modifica¬
tion ot the "lamp of know ledge" ANA
sea] that was in use until the current
"eagle and coin" mark was adopted
1 did indeed create that line draw¬
ing in the early ‘80s and as editor com¬
menced using it in the 1981 volumes
of 7 hr Numismatist While 1 appreciate
the recognition, additional credit needs
Howland Wood's version of the ANA
seal, officially adopted in 1929.
■ c«-
James Ford Clapp's sketch for the ANA’s
I9M Boston convention medal and
Joseph DiLorenzo's relief version (top).
more medallic utilization was being
planned I had little doubt then that
this was the most appropriate mark,
it w as clean, versatile, modernized and
vet clearly reminiscent of its histor¬
ical origin
To make Rochettc's comments
clearer, I looper's sketchy original seal
was revised in 1906 by then ANA
Secretary How land Wood, and it w as
his revision that was used virtually
untouched until the 1981 version com¬
menced It might lie important to note
that the Wood version was not
adopted until 1929, and, to my
to be given to bmcsFord^Gaj^J^^^
a Boston architect anJ ANA member,
w ho suggested a more modern version
of the seal for the ANA’s 1960 Boston
convention medal Further, when
sculptor Joseph Dil-orcnzo modeled
Clapp’s sketches for production of the
medal, an even more pleasing version
of the seal resulted This sculpted im¬
age is the one that I utilized to create
the line drawing
Rendering DiI>orenzo's version in
line form seemed a natural, since the
sculpted image was already in use for
various ANA award medals and even
McCormick-Arrmtrong'j "heraldic
eagle" seal was used on The Numisma¬
tist's coven beginning in I9S3.
MAY 19 9 3
THE N V M I 5 At
\ AT l ST
knowledge, w'as the only ANA seal to
be used "officially” until the most
recent "eagle and coin" mark
To excerpt from International Trade¬
mark Design by Fctcr Wildbur, “a well
designed and well researched mark is
likely to be more memorable to a wide
audience and therefore more effect¬
ive than a poorly designed or off-the-
shelf variety"
Considering that the 1960 medallic
version of the ANA seal has been
issued in permanence thousands of
times in bronze, silver and gold for
over three decades, the adoption of the
“two-toned" winged eagle and coin
mark was folly and has been disdained
by the majority of the membership
since its introduction
It an eagle was desired, even the
"unofficial" seal, created by an em¬
ployee of McCormick-Armstrong of
M ichua Kansas (then printers of The
Numismatist), and used on covers from
195 3 through most of the 60s, would
have been a better compromise
Neither the 1981 "lamp of knowl¬
edge" seal nor the , McCormick-Arm¬
strong "heraldic eagle" seal are in the
classic form of modem marks pro¬
moted today by most international cor¬
porations Both no doubt could be im¬
proved upon in that regard, either
would be more appropriate than the
current mark from manv standpoints,
a number of w hich arc mentioned in
Rochettc's message
N Neil Harris. LM 1399
T'
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NEW ENGLAND NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE
1992 WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS
t
1992 NENA Convention Little Theatre speakers Bill Jones,
Arthur Fitts, Jan Dyroff, and Alvan Jones.
1 992 NENA exhibit award winners John Mullen, Tom Rockwell,
Bill Jones (Best of Show), and Larry Gentile at the October
convention in Worcester.
NENA Executive Secretary John Mullen and Treasurer Bob
Anderson thank Ed Rochette, ANA President, for his part in the
successful 1992 convention.
19 9 3
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SYLVIA AND EDMUND PAG F
PRUDENCE AND ARTHUR FITTS FREDERICK HOBART
( 1929-1995)
COLLECTORS CLUB OF BOSTON
1964-1975
1986-1995
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K. Burke & Richard Lavimodiere
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LINDA
FENTON
19 9 3
WILLIAM AND CAROL JONES
9 9 3
THOMAS ROCKWELL
JOHN MULLEN
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NUMISMATIC AMBASSADOR AWARD
SPONSORED BY NUMISMATIC NEWS
HONORED FOR DEDICATED, SELFLESS DEVOTION TO COIN COLLECTING GOALS
"Among the masses, there are those not content to follow. These
are the individuals that others defer to on matters of hobby
importance - those "collector's collectors," who inspire others
to greater hobby enjoyment. It's their contributions that bring
projects to fruition, and dreams to life. Perhaps many of these
unselfish efforts may seem tiny victories in these times of global
concerns; but are the vital contributions that keep the coin
collecting hobby strong." (From the 1994 Numismatic Ambassador Award
catalog )
BOSTON
Earl V. Tuttle
Abraham Kosoff
Walter H. Riley
James F. Clapp, Jr.
Eliott L. Goldberg
Oscar H. Dodson
John D. Mullen
NUMISMATIC SOCIETY HONOREES
Deceased
1975 May 9, 1980
1979 March 20, 1983
1979 August 7, 1997
1980 January 15, 1998
1986 March 31, 1988
1988 January 22, 1996
1994
JACK MULLEN RECEIVES NUMISMATIC AMBASSADOR
AWARD FROM CLIFF MISHLER
Abe Kosoff
Deceased: 3-20-1983
Earl Tultle
Deceased: 5-9-1980
James Ford Clapp, Jr-
Walter Riley
Oscar H. Dodson
Eliott L. Goldberg
Deceased: 3-31-1988
*7 *
4-&a .
An interest in coins while he was growing up spelled the lifelong
career and hobby focus ol this young man bom in 1877 in New
Bedford, Mass.
His grandfather gave him an ac¬
cumulation of coins gathered in for¬
eign ports during his career at sea.
He enjoyed the experience and joined
the American Numismatic Associa¬
tion alter he graduated from Brown
University in 1900.
He moved to Boston and began
working with a photo-engraving firm.
He later made die acquaintance of a
prominent numismatist — William
T.R. Marvin — and later married
Marvin’s daughter. Marvin edited die
American Journal of Numismatics
and his son-in-law served as associ¬
ate editor of The Numismatist.
This collector and researcher', was
one of die founders of the New York
Numismatic Club and helped revital¬
ize the Boston Numismatic Society.
Four years after he joined die Ameri¬
can Numismatic Society he was hired as its curator. During his stay he
quadrupled the society’s collection.
He died in 1938 and was later selected for the ANA Hall of Fame
and one of that association's exhibit awards is named for him.
Who was he? Howland Wood ( BNS 1907-1938)
COIN
Ma y
Robert Robertson, 1 Inn land Wmxl. l*'ar ran Zerbe and l'klward T.N<
in front of American Numismatic Society (l‘J35j
WORLD
22, 1995
Past President Dodson
Receives ANA Lifetime
Achievement Award
Rear Admiral Oscar II. Dodson,
L mted States Navy (Ret.), past pres¬
ident ot the American Numismatic
Association, was honored with the
Associations Lifetime Achievement
Award in June. When Dodson was
named a Farran Zerbe Memorial
Award winner more than 25 years
ago, it was noted that his “contribu¬
tions toward the advancement of nu¬
mismatics cannot be measured in a
single citation.” The task is even
more daunting in 1995.
In the Centennial History of the
American A'nmisniatn Association ,
Q. David Rowers wrote, “More than
any other ANA president since Au¬
gustus G. I Icaton, . . . Oscar Dodson
was a philosopher." During Ins lour-
year term, Dodson was responsible
lor bridging the transition between
“traditional numismatics” and the
developing investment market.
Dodson joined the ANA in 1931
and became life member number 78
in 1950, the same year he received
the Association’s Medal of Merit. I le
served on the U.S. Assay Commis¬
sion in 1948, and was active in the
“People-to-People” program or¬
chestrated by the State Depart¬
ment’s Hobbies Committee. In 1959
he established the National Bank of
Detroit’s Money Museum, serving as
its director tor six years.
A noted expert on odd and curious
money, Dodson has contributed
greatly to numismatic education by
traveling to more than 05 countries
and presenting at least 400 lectures
about various forms of currency. I le
lent his knowledge and expertise to
numismatic literature through Ins
book, Money Tells the Story , and his
work as a contributing editor to CD/ V-
age magazine from 1973 to 1987.
Dodson’s extensive efforts tor ad¬
vancement of the hobby previously
have been recognized with the ANA
Medal of Merit (1950), Heath Liter¬
ary Award (1955) and Farran Zerbe
Memorial Award (1968).
OSCAR HENRY DODSON
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1936 - !■> V
THE NUMISMATIST
AUGUST 1995
Oscar H Dodson
AMERICAN
NUMISMATIC
ASSOCIATION
MONEY TALKS SERIES
‘Money Talks’ adds ,'’PECIAL AWARn
to slate of honors
As it enters its fourth year, the
“Money Talks” national radio program
sponsored by the American Numismatic
Association continues to attract new
audiences and cam honors. COIN WORLD
The ANA recently added its 537th
station — KRCC in Colorado Springs, December 1 1 , 1995
Colo. — to the list of radio stations
ainng its 2.5 minute “Money Talks”
radio program. ANA education director
James Taylor said he’s particularly
pleased to add the stauon, operated by
The Colorado College, located near the
ANA headquarters. Taylor said KRCC
is an affiliate of National Public Radio,
which has stations throughout the coun¬
try already airing the program.
The ANA began its radio program in
October 1992, ainng on 92 radio sta¬
tions affiliated with NPR and Business
Radio Network. Today, after producing
nearly 900 shows, the broadcast list has
grown by nearly 500 percent, with
NPR. BRN and independent stations
carrying the programs two and three
times a day.
In its first three years, the program
garnered nominations for three Peabody
and two DuPont awards, the most pres¬
tigious recognitions in the broadcasting
industry. Two senior producers of
NPR’s “All Things Considered” have
said, “There is no show quite like it on
radio today.”
Funding for the programs is provided
by a variety of underwriters, including
Krause Publications, Heritage Rare
Coin Galleries, the Professional Numis¬
matists Guild, Western Publishing Co.
and the ANA.
From its first broadcast, programs |
have come to listeners via “Ana,” the
genic from the ANA lamp of knowl¬
edge. The popularity of this unseen
voice led to the creation of an artistic
rendering of Ana.
The ANA has recognized three of its
more than 100 scriptwriters with annual
awards. Most recently honored was
Marilyn Rcback, senior editor of the
ANA’s monthly journal, The Numisma¬
tist, for her script “Tax Freedom Day:
17ic Lady Godiva Halfpenny"; Thomas
S. LaMarrc, a Michigan-based freelance
writer, for his script “The Treasury’s
Money Laundry"; and Bill Jones, a
collector and numismatic writer, for his
script "Connecticut’s Claim to Fame.”
“Money Talk" scripts arc also up-
loadcd daily on three Internet sites, as
well as on America OnLinc, Prodigy,
CompuServe and GLnic. The ANA Ed-
ucatioa Department offers free copies
of scripts and is preparing a compila¬
tion of scripts.
For more information on the radio
programs, including instructions about
writing scripts, contact the ANA at 818
N. Cascade Avc., Colorado Springs,
Colo. 80903-3279, or call (719) 632-
2646, FAX (719) 634-4485; GEnie
ANA. HQ; Prodigy NUMI99A; Com¬
puServe 74212,554; Internet anacvn@
moncy.org; World Wide Web http:/
www.moncy.org. j J
WILLIAM T. JONES, JR.
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1980
VARIOUS PERONS MENTIONED BY Q. DAVID BOWERS
The Numismatist, December, 1996
All B. N. S. Members and the dates of membership
Malcolm 0. E. Chell-Frost
1941 -
1989
Harold Whiteneck
1946 -
Joseph Dior Lipson
1954 -
1957
Maurice M. Gould
1945 -
1975
Frank DeWittt Washburn
1954 -
1965
Arthur Conn
1958
George L. Tilden
1910 -
1970
Sylvester Sage Crosby
1869 -
1908
Malcolm O.E. Chell-Frost
I visited Malcolm Chell-Frost a cou¬
ple of times. The first instance was
around 1956 or 1957 when my
young friend Ken Rendell and I
spent a day or two strolling around
the shops and other coin dealerships
in the Boston area. We visited
Harold Whiteneck at his Court
Coin Company shop; Don Corrado
Romano in his W orthy Coin Com¬
pany office; two or diree dealers on
Bromfield Street (if Joe Lipson was
not in business by then, he was a few
years later); Maurice Gould and
Prank WashburrTTn thelr~upstairs
premises at Copley Coin Company
on Boylston Street; Arthur Conn,
who did business in the basement ot
had selected from it the pieces he
needed for his own collection.
As 1 recall from my visit with Ken
Rendell, Chell-Frost had a very
small shop, possibly just a single
room on a high floor in a downtown
Boston office building. His inven¬
tory was not extensive, but included
some specimens of his very' favorite
coin — the 1939 Jefferson nickel with
doubled MONTICELLO. These
coins were his specialty, but the
1942/1 overdate Mercury' dime was a
close second.
As was the case widi all coin shops,
he had a nice selection of books and
albums for sale. Such supplies helped
pay the rent and utility bills, and
were a fixture of almost every coin
shop back then. I always asked about
older books and catalogs, and likely
as not, was rewarded with the gift of
his house in the suburb of Melrose;
and a few others.
Ken Rendell left the coin busi¬
ness around 1961 and hung out his
shingle as a dealer in old prints and
autographs. I sold my own collec¬
tion of presidential autographs to
him, giving his new endu/or a
jump start. Success compounded
success for Ken, and soon he be¬
came one of the leading figures in
the autograph field. You may have
seen him on the news a few years
ago when he unmasked the so-
called “Hitler diaries” as takes. Ken
liked colonial coins, early coppers
and Hard Times tokens, and once
published a very nice catalog ot the
latter series, courtesy ot his mentor,
Don Miller. Don had acquired the
cabinet of George L. I ilden (who
at one time was ANA secretary) and
anything I could use.
/Vs strange as it may seem today,
back then there was virtually no in¬
terest in old auction catalogs, and
about the only reference books that
commanded a significant premium
were those still being used to at¬
tribute coins (such as Crosby on
colonials, Gilbert on half cents and
the particularly elusive Browning on
early quarters). Hardly anyone
bought numismatic books as col¬
lectibles in their own right. (1 he
founding of the Numismatic Biblio¬
mania Society' would be many years
in the future.) More often than not,
a dealer acquiring a collection for
outright purchase or auction would
leave the books and catalogs behind.
A well-knowm exception to the lack
of interest in catalogs was B. Max
Meliks lavish 1941 Dunham Collec¬
tion volume. A copy of this would
sell for S3 to $5, probably because it
had a lot of material about the fa¬
mous 1804 silver dollar.
i*3
HELEN & ROBERT SPENCE
MARCH, 1997
Union
Boston Numismatic Society
1972 - 1979
Collectors Club of Boston
1967 - 1979
Robert
Boston Numismatic Society
1970 -
Collectors Club of Boston
1965 - 1979
Currency Club of New England
1976 - 1982
THE ARTHUR AND PRUE FITTS SCHOLARSHIP
Fitts endows new NENA scholarship
to send recipient to ANA conference
A scholarship to send a New England
collector to the 1997 American Numis¬
matic' Association Summer Conference,
endowed by Arthur and Pruc Fitts of
Massachusetts, was nwaidcd March 1 1 by
the Boston Numismatic Society.
I he winner oi the scholarship was
Thomas P. Rockwell of Massachusetts,
according to scholarship committee chair¬
man Robert Frilsch. Rockwell is the 1975
recipient of (lie ANA Heath Literary
Award lor his article in The Numismatist
titled “Dating Systems on Coins since
1CKX) A.D."
Applicants could become eligible for the
scholarship by contribution to the numis¬
matic community. Activities included
writing an article lor a local, icgional, or
national numismatic publication, cnleimg
an exhibit, or making a picscnlalion.
Each coin club in New England could also
nominate one ol their members. The
scholarship was then awarded by a draw¬
ing from among eligible names.
Six applicants vied for this year's schol¬
arship.
Scholarship winner Rockwell is a well-
known numismatist in the Boston area.
He wrote an article for the NENA News
about King Christina of Livonia
George Bilodeau of Massachusetts is a
membei ol the New England Numismatic
Association Boaul ol Dircctois. He
entered an exhibit at the 1996 NENA
Conleience and Convention.
I rcderick Libcraiore of Massachusetts
wiiics ai tides ol his collecting experi¬
ences lor the Worcester County Numis¬
matic Society newsletter. He always ends
his ailicles with "Happy Collecting."
Ciaig Blackstone of Massachusetts
wrote an ailicle for the Token and Medal
Society s IAMS Journal about counter-
maikcd coins advertising Dr. Kidder’s
l amily Pills. I he.se pills were popular in
the Boston area in the mid-l9lh century
David Nathanson ol Massachusetts had
a nomination fiom the Boston Numismat¬
ic Society.
David Wiiuck ijf Connecticut wrote an
at tide lot the John Ketch Journul analy/.-
ing Superior's January 1996 Michael
Kesion Auction ol early U.S gold coins.
All applicants were well qualified,
according to I litsch.
Hie recipient ol the scholarship will
attend the 1997 ANA Summer Confer¬
ence m Colorado Springs July I 2- 1 8. As a
condition ol the award, a report on the
conleience must be submitted to the com¬
mittee, and will be published in NENA
News GD
MEMBERS OF B.N.S.
Arthur Fitts 1968-
Prue Fitts 1991-
Thomas Rockwell
1958-
COIN WORLD
Apr i 1 21, 1 997
Largest class attends conference
ANA Summer Conference’s classes attract 301 students '
By Victoria Stone
COIN WORLD Staff
The American Numismatic Association’s 29th
Annual Summer Conference, held in Colorado
Springs, Colo., July 10-17 offered new classes,
more scholarships and the largest number of atten¬
dees in Conference history.
Exactly 301 attendees from the United States and
countries such as Brazil, Germany and Morocco
gathered on the campus of The Colorado College,
a small private school located one block from ANA
Headquarters. ANA Education Director James Tay¬
lor was pleased to report that 77 percent of those
attendees, which included students, counselors and
other guests, returned from the 1996 Conference.
The week kicked off with opening ceremonies
and keynote speaker and former ANA governor
Bill Fivaz, co-author of The Cherrypicker’s Guide
to Rare Die Varieties , offered a talk encouraging
attendees to “Have Fun in Numismatics.”
ANA offered 25 courses encompassing instruc¬
tion for beginning and advanced numismatists,
with many classes filling up and closing early.
Clearly the most popular is coin photography,
students at this year’s confer- .
erice signed up for next year. Eight new classes
expanded course offerings this year including Chi-
— ^ ~ j; t ■ f • • m .
into the night, attendees sampled knowledge from
many instructors and experts. Some of the more
popular sessions included “Designing and Striking
Coins,” led by Ron Landis of the Gallery Mint
Museum, Eureka Springs, Ark.; “An Hour with Q.
David Bowers and Ken Brcssctt,” led by the two
widely respected numismatists; and “Preservation,
Care and Cleaning of Coins and other Highly Clas¬
sified Secrets,” with dealer Don Bonser, newly
. elected ANA Governor-elect Tom Hallcnbeck and
J.P. Martin, ANA’s chief numismatist; and “Bibli¬
cal Coins and Archeology of the Holy Land,” led
by David Hendin, author.
As always, one of the most important parts of the
week’s activities was the Young Numismatist auc¬
tion. The bulk of YN activities for the week include
seeking donations and consignments, designing the
auction catalog, running the auction and collecting
moneys due. Called by auctioneers Sonny Henry
and Bill Fivaz, this year’s total of more than
$23,000 in donations dwarfed last year’s total by
more than $8,000. Money raised in the auction is
used to bring YNs to the conference on full or par¬
tial scholarships. This year’s YN attendance almost
reached 50, the highest yet. This year’s auction
donations promise to push next year’s YN atten¬
dance up once more.
Co i n World ,
August/ 1997
I he American Numismatic Association Summer Conference
Thomas P Rockwell
Prue and Arthur Fitts endowed a scholarship to send a person to the American Numismatic
Association Summer Conference in Colorado Springs, Colorado during July of 1997. This scholarship was
open to any person living in New Hngland Certain criteria had to be followed to be eligible and I was lucky
enough to be the one chosen of the six persons w ho entered their names.
I he ANA has held these summer conferences for the past 29 summers and enables persons to
concentrate completely on some phase of numismatics for one whole week. This year 301 people attended
the conference and this number included 46 YNs, most of w hom were there on scholarships.
Classes are held for three hours in the morning and two and a half hours in the afternoon,
beginning Sunday afternoon and continuing through Thursday afternoon Each person can take only one of
the twenty-two courses offered In addition to these courses, the ANA also holds “Bull” sessions in the
evenings at which various instructors give one hour resumes of their courses. So all in all, there is a heavy
schedule entirely on some phase of Numismatics.
Over the past 40 years I have heard innumerable talks on ancients, Romans, Greeks. U. S„ medals,
tokens, etc , so it was nice to take a course in a subject unknown to me' I his was “Coins of the Middle
Ages” (500 A D to about 1500 A D.) and was taught by Allen Berman, a dealer in these coins and a
virtual encyclopedia of information He described the whole history of coins during this period and brought
in many coins for us to try to decipher' By the end of this course some of the 10 of us who took the course
could do fairly well at reading the inscriptions on the coins ..not an easy task.
Various trips were offered and I elected to go to the Denver Mint, Colorado, where we were
allowed to go into the actual minting areas where we could watch the various processes. It is fascinating to
see, for instance, ten cent pieces spewing from the machines at a fast clip
7'he last night before we left, an auction was held with donated numismatic items to benefit the
YNs for future summer conferences. One tongue-in-cheek item, in particular, is worth noting here, and 1
quote from the auction list: “For another year, we arc very proud to olTcr for your approval an amazing
piece fit for the finest collection of coppers Combining the best of both worlds, this error coin, the finest
known 1 00% off-center 1793 chain cent is a pure gem in every sense of the term. It was found by the last
owner described in an English auction catalog where, lamentably, it was not illustrated It seems to have
been the property of a nobleman Lord Peter, being sold for the benefit of his favorite daughter. Penny
Whimsy.” This item was sold once for $220 00 and then resold for S225 00! The auction raised about
$23,000 00 for the benefit of the YNs
The ANA library has the finest collection of numismatic books, pamphlets, and related items and
was open from early in the morning until after the last bull session in the evening Also their coin and
currency collections were on view all the time.
The most enjoyable part of the whole conference was the fact that everyone there had one
consuming interest. Numismatics.
For those wishing a solid week of nothing but their favorite hobby. I wholeheartedly recommend
this summer conference. Go if you possibly can . . . it is well worth the expense!
BERTRAM M
COHEN
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY, 1982 -
LIFE MEMBER 1982 -
THE BOSTON GLOBE • THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1997
aLreaay aiscountec
They’ve found
their marbles
■ MARBLES
Continued from Page Bl
Austin Healy (520,000 of them) ami the Hula Hoop
(too many to count). Today he senes on several Bos¬
ton-based. nonprofit l>oards; he also collects marbles
(300,000 at the moment) and brought Mondial Billes to
Boston.
The game requires no skill to enter, and resembles
miniature golf. The Mondial Billes player flicks a mar¬
ble and counts the “strokes ' around a sandy, groomed
course pocked with small obstacles. He or she with the
fewest flicks, goes to Royan. on the west coast of
France, to compete against national champions from a
dozen other countries.
While this is Tranchet’s first visit to Boston, it is
the thin! time the game has been played here, the only
.American city on the Mondial Billes circuit. The 1995
and 19% contests were Ixith won by Ben Rich. He is a
40-year old Brookline resklent with a twinge of regret
that hell probably be remembered more for chasing
marbles than conducting research as a molecular bi¬
ologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
He has l>een to the finals in France twice, and last
year was runner-up to a French teenager “with an
incredible 10*foot shot." Rich conceded he has lieen
practicing in the sand of a broad jump near the hospi¬
tal.
“Hey. I’ve got a title to defend," he said. “I’m com-
uig l>ack."
So are marbles.
They were every youngsters currency earlier this
eanturv. exchanged in games of ringsy, popsie, purgy.
boxy, or bully gul. Boston newsfwpers covered match¬
es held at places such as the Carter and Connolly play¬
grounds in Roxbury, “Skntchys Field in Jamaica
Plain, and Blackstone Park in the .South End.
Bain* Ruth squared off against heavyweight boxer
James Maloney and wrestler (Jus Sonnenberg in a
Boston championship in 1929. An Fast Boston young¬
ster. none the worse for his feat, made headlines in
1935 when he “started jingling” after swallowing 3k
marbles on a bet. One American marbles contest has
been played in New Jersey since the 1920s.
“Video games all but did the game in," said Joanne
Argabrite, spokeswoman for Jabo Vitro Inc. of Ohio,
one of the nation’s largest marble manufacturers. She
said that in the last five years, demand for playing
marbles has almost doubled “liecause kids want to
start relating again to each other." I S industry offi¬
cials now estimate some 8 million marbles are made
daily.
Hundreds of them will be transferred from Bert
Cohen’s jjockets into the hands of kids during the next
few days. The marbles are free. "There’s no better
charity." said Cohen.
Hours of competition, open to players S years and
older at no charge ; are 1-5 pm. tomorrow, 10 a. in. to 5
pm. Saturday. Finals air 10 a. in. to 4 pm. Sunday.
LETTERS
Post Card Recalls Howland Wood’s
Hobby Involvement
Howland Wood was one ot the most
learnedTUTTnismatists ot the 20th
century’. Short in stature, Wood was
tall in the extent ot his knowledge.
His interests were wide, and among
his writings were catalogs on United
States commemorative coins and
those of the Mexican Revolution.
Prior to his death in 1938, he had
almost completed Coins of the World
(20th century) tor Wayte Raymond.
W hen the catalog was published
shortly afterward, it was dedicated to
him. Not surprisingly, it became a
standard work tor collectors of world
coins until superseded by the Whit¬
man and Krause-Mishler catalogs.
The year 1938 happened to be the
same year I began to collect seri¬
ously, and the book that Wood com¬
piled on world coins was one of the
first I purchased.
Having grown up near Boston
[and its active numismatic commu¬
nity'], Howland Wood had the ad¬
vantage of many personal relation¬
ships in the hobby. That old friends
from his Boston Numismatic Societv
^ _ -*
days continued to correspond is at¬
tested by the post card pictured be¬
low (dated February 6, 1915) from
H.A. Gray of Roxbury, Massachu¬
setts, who at that time was New
England district secretary for the
American Numismatic Association.
By then, Wood had become curator
of the American Numismatic Society
(ANS) in New York. Gray’s commu¬
nication was to advise him of a new
discovery as follows:
“Friend Wood. The Oriental coins
came to hand O.K. I had no inten¬
tion of having you attribute diem but
A post card
sent to How¬
land Wood in
1915 calls to
mind the
ANS curator’s
strong ties with
members of
the numismatic
community.
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o T)
X * .>*'
fEe 6
7- V°
•9 liy
flox 1
STA^u^J3
f~THlS SIDC Or $ABL) IS TQP APttSCSs")
I am a passive numismatist (i.e.,
I am already mortgaged to the
hilt). However, when I was surf¬
ing the net recently, I crashed
into numismatics. I congratulate
the ANA on its web site. It is a
virtual museum floating in cyber¬
space. I browsed and read the
ANA pages and various links for
more than an hour. I think I have
rediscovered coin collecting.
Thanks for the experience!
Mark Waychison
via Internet
thank you for doing so. Yesterday I
visited the Library' at Harvard Col¬
lege and came across the ‘Sutler’
shown below. It was pasted in a book
so could not see the back, but —
thought you might be interested.”
(Below the message was a drawing of
a Sutler’s “ticket” good for 5 cents.)
Interestingly, although I larry Gray
thanked I lowland Wood for attribut¬
ing some Oriental coins, Gray’s pri¬
mary interests were in the areas of
tokens, medals, embossed business
cards and paper scrip, on which sub¬
jects he wrote a number of articles.
Arlie Slabaugh, G 862 1
Hotto Has a Place on Peace Coins
The'September 1997 issue of The
NiwnsvtiHist (p. 991) contained a let¬
ter from uSdter Leu expressing his
view that the rmitto “In God We
Trust” should beSHiminated from
future designs of United States
coins. Mr. Leu’s statement^inentions
my proposal for the “Peace through
Coinage” program, and he suggests
that issuing such a coin as this would
NOVEMBER 19 9 7 • THE NUMISMATIST
1223
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
PROGRAMS
1945 - 1949
what is it, and what should
of Augustus through
of the Americas, illustrated
Odd ?< Curious moneys of the world
Japanese 2< Modern Korean coins
DQBTDN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
PROGRAMS
1943 < CON » T )
1949 -
1952
September
Members
Coins secured since the May meet in
Oc tober
Harold Whiteneck
Money troubles ... Colonial to Civil
War
November
Maurice Gould
i n Ca na d i a n c o i nage
December
Christmas Party
1 950
January
Annual meeting
Electi ons
Febr uary
Cornel li us Vermeule
Marc h
James Clapp
Developement of Silver coinage
Apr i 1
Brief resumes of their start as
Jesse Klein)
May
June
Horace Grant
How he became a collector
September
Malcolm C hell -Frost
Coin experiences
November
February
Harold Whit neck
Review of numismatics for 1950
March
Copper coinage of America
December
1 H'V"1
January
Annual meeting
James Clapp
Doctor of Numismatics, Ph.D
February
Robert Buck
March
George Fuld
Calendar medals and Store cards
April
Benjamin Lowenstam)
i heir collections
May
Pet coins
June
Melvin Came
Japanese bean S< Cho Gin moneys
Earl Tuttle
Silver ecus of France
September
Guest Night
Leslie Barker
English coinage
October
Jose Godoy
South America, illustrated
November
James Clapp
Papal coins
December
Christmas party
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
PROGRAMS
1953 - 1956
Oc tober
November
December
Christmas Party
Psychological Aspect of Nazi Germany
Col lec t ions
Visit to Greece
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
PROGRAMS
1957 - 1960
1957
January
Febr nary
March
June
September
October
December
1 958
F ebr uar y
May
October
November
December
Marc h
April
May
June
August
September
October
November
December
1960
January
February
March
April
May
June
September
October
November
December
Annual meeting
Hans Sc hul man
Members
Picnic
Members
Giuseppe DeLelli-
African numismatic experiences
National coin week
Greek coins
George Wardner's house
With Collectors C 1 u b o f Dost o n
Members
Birthday party
Members
Identification night
Coin collecting beginnings
Charles Wormser
Members
Earl Tuttle
Members night
Members
Be 1 opt i can
in the numismatic world
The Classical collector dabbles in U.S.
Beloptican night
Civil War Fr actionals
Annual meeting
George Fuld
Oscar Dodson
Ma 1 c o 1 m Che 1 1 -~F r os t
James Clapp
Joseph Powers
Members
Members
Members
Joseph Brown
Christmas Party
Washington medals & Civil War tokens
Russian visit and our 100th anniversary
U p c om i n g NEN A Co nference
Beloptican night
Ancients
BOSTON NUMISMATIC: SOCIETY
PROGRAMS
1961 - 1964
, No. Andover, MA
Pagan Roman empire
Medieval coins of Western Europe
U.S. 3 cent through 20 cent
Coins with special significance
Melvin Game's, Dover, NH
September
Confederate money
November
ANA slide set
Coins of early Christianity
December
Christmas party
1 965
Febr uary
June
September
October
November
December
F ebruary
Apr i 1
September
March
Apr i 1
May
October
November
December
January
Febr uary
March
The meet in
Perhaps co
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
PROGRAMS
1965 - 1968
Annual meeting
ANA slide set
ANA slide set
ANA slide set
Birthday party
Charles Wormser
ANA s 1 i de set
ANA s 1 i de set
James Nestor
Christmas party
U. S. gold types
Grown to minor commemorative coins
U. S « $5 . 00 notes
Numismatics in 1965
Ancient Greek coin types
Postal & Fractional currency
English counterfeits on u o 1 o n i a 1 n o t e s
! homas Rockwel 1
ANA s 1 i de set
Dating systems
Fractional currency
Annual meeting
Arthur Fitts
Earl Tuttle
Maundy money
Roman Coins
ig notices
■pies are
for April, 1968 to December,
held by someone else.
1968 are missing.
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
PROGRAMS
1377 -
1380
-ins and me
Lincoln nig
Journeys of St- Paul 2< S
June
First U. S. mint
Fessenden School
BOSTON NUMISMATIC: SOCIETY
PROGRAMS
1980 - 1983
1980 < CON r T }
September
Charles Wallace
October
James Stone
Vignettes and their uses
November
Arthur Fitts
History of the English penny
December
Christmas party
1981
January
Annual meeting
Paul White
Love tokens
February
Bruce Donahue
Foreign coins minted in the U. S.
March
James Clapp
Ancient Greek coins
Au c 1 1 o n
For the ANA Building Fund
April
Birthday party
David Ganz
A tribute to Frank Gas par ro
May
Experiences in researching.
cataloging, and publishing
June
Edwin Leventhal
July
September
Hard Times tokens
October
Members
Other Hobbies night
November
Joseph Ghiloni,Jr.
Medieval coins, i 1 lustrated
December
January
February
Members
Washington 2< Lincoln night
S 1 i de set
Coins of the Twelve Caesars
Marc h
Deborah Bloomberg
Counterfeit Paper Money
April
David Bowers
Turn of the Century America
May
S 1 i de set
Coins of the Bible Days
June
Planning for the ANA Convention
July
The Fessenden School
September
Members
Numismatic literature
October
Norman Totten
Primitive monies (illustrated)
November
Frank Trask
Obsolete bank notes on the Maine
District of Massachusetts
December
1983
January
James Clapp
Islamic Co i na ge
February
Members
March
Joseph Ghiloni
Money of Account
Apr l 1
Birthday party
Herbert Barclay
Ancient coins
May
ANA slide set
Co i ns o f t he Weimar Repu b 1 i c
June
Joan Jeffrey Trevas Coins and paper money of the
Spanish Civil War
July
The Fessenden School
September
Arthur Fitts
Legends and Heroes of Mexican coinage
Oc tober
November
James Clapp
Roman coinage after the Fall of Rome
December
Christmas party
Mar ch
May
June
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
PROGRAMS
1984 - 1987
tJTS
1 i.'mniemcr at i ve medals of Colonial
Overview of the West Indies tokens
Roger Durand
Members
Picnic
Coin collecting. . .personals
Hard Times tokens
Paper money of Rhode Island
Books
Auburn dale Park
BOSTON NUMISMATIC: SOCIETY
PROGRAMS
1987 - 1990
1987 (con'fi
Sep tern her
Members
Numismatic trivia
0 c t o be r
Members
Co 1 umb i ana
November
Neil Todd
Tavern tokens of Wales
December
Christmas party
January
Annual meeting
SI l de set
Gold coins
F ebruary
Ro be r t Mo f f a 1 1
Exonum i a
Marc h
Lawrence Bell
Counter feits
Apr i 1
Birthday party
Ron New burg
French Revolution
May
Errors on coins, intentional
or otherwise
June
Massachusetts Histo
rical Society visit
September
Hobo nickels
October
Tercentenary of the City of Newton
Novembe r
Members
Elect ion-related items
December
With the Collectors Club of Boston
1989
Febr uar y
Members
Leonar d F i nn
Co 1 o n i a 1 lotteries
April
John Adams
Historical medals
May
James Clapp
Shekels of Tyre
June
Members
Numismatic literature
September
My numismatic summer
0c tober
Robert Ja bailey
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
November
W i 1 1 1 am Jones
Hard Times Tokens
December
With the Collectors Club o f Best o n
1 990
January
February
Carl Lundquist
Lincoln cents
William Jones
George Washington
Mar ch
Jan Dyroff
French Community in the Caribbean
April
China Sails Restaurant
Nelson Aspen
E du national no t es < U . S . !>
May
Seaby slide set
Byzantine coins
June
Martin Samuels
Siamese gaming tokens
August
Picnic
September
Members
My numismatic summer
ANA slide set
Military payment certificates
October
Richard Wing
Numismatics of Corcyra (Corfu)
November
Members
Book auction
December
Chr istmas par ty
W i t h the C i o 1 lect o r s C 1 u b o f Bos t o n
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
PROGRAMS
1991 - 1994
November
December
of Harvard University
rs Club of Boston
of W. Elliot Woodward
Auc t ion. . . R . K . Burke r s mater i a 1
treasure hunting with metal
State Bank Note engravings
Balloons and Numismatics
Numismatics relating to government
With the Collectors Club of Boston
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
PROGRAMS
1995
-1998
1995
January
Carl Lundquist
Unusual U.S. coin denominations
February
Members
Creatures on coins
March
Jan Dyroff
The Levant to Medieval coinage
April
Robert Moffatt
Asa Law: A numismatic riddle
May
Birthday party
ANA slide set
Treasury Bills of the Confederacy
June
Lawrence Bell
Counterfeits of circulating
September
ANA Video
U. S. coins
Introduction to Numismatics
October
Jan Dyroff
How to read Roman coins
November
Members
Best "Cherry-picked" item
December
Christmas party
With the Collectors Club of Boston
1996
January
February
March
April
Birthday Party
Walter Davis
Coins with man-headed bulls
May
Roger Durand
Obsolete Currency
June
Arthur Fitts
A coin quiz game
September
Robert Fritsch
Running a coin club
October
William Jones
Presidential medalettes
November
Members
Guy Fawkes Day
December
Christmas Party
With the Collectors Club
1997
January
Ken Mayo
Inflation
February
Members
Book Night
March
Richard Becker
Cuban Numismatics
April
Birthday Party
John Adams
Colonial Peace Medals
May
Jan Dyroff
Byzantine Coins
June
Members
General Show & Tell
September
Members
(The speaker was ill)
General Show & Tell
October
Richard Wing
Overview of Greek Coinage
November
Members
Armistice Day theme
December
Christmas Party
With the Collectors Club
1998
January
Harvey Fenton
British East India Company
February
Members
Spanish-American War theme
March
Thomas McDonough
Roman Provincial Coins
April
Jamie Knapp
Jason & the Argonauts
May
Lawrence Bell
Counterstamped coins
June
Thomas Droz
Hobo nickels
September
Members
My Numismatic Summer
October
Members
Numismatics and the Net
November
David Smart
Early Greek coinage of Sinope
December
Christmas Party
With the Collectors Club
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HELEN M. OGDEN
316 JOHNSON ST.
N. ANDOVER, MASS. 01845
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ADDITIONAL B00K3 IN THE 3. N. S. LIBRARY
Bockor, Thomao W., MTho Coin Makoro", tho development of Coinage from Earliest Times
186 pagoo, 1970, illustrated*
Clain-Gtof anelli, E. & V*, "The Beauty and Loro of Coins, Currency, and Medals",
256 pages, illustrated, 1975*
Porteuo, John, "Coins", 185 illustrations in color and black & v/hito,
96 pages, 1975 > covering coinage from the beginnings to
modern coinage.
3COTT3 "Comprehensive Catalogue and Encyclopedia of U.S. Cojns", edited by Taxay,
597 pages, illustrated, 1971
Plant, Richard, "Arabic Coins and how to road them", 1^8 pages, illustrated with
superb lino drawings, 1975» a superb book covering all
phases of Arabic coins, dates, inscr iptionn, f r om beginnings
to present times.
Ninetieth Anniversary Celebration 1860 - 1950
Boston Numismatic Society
120th Anniversary Celebration 1860 - 1980
Boston Numismatic Society
ANA Convention booklets
1937, Boston ... 1 938 , Columbus, Ohio... 1939, New York City...
1940, Detroit ... 1941 , Phi 1 adelphi a . . . 1 94 2 , C i nc i nna t i ,
1946, Davenport, low a... 1948, Boston, M A... 1947, Buffalo, N.Y.
NENA Conference, 1964, Souvenir Program
Philippine Numismatic Monographs, March, 1954.
Ouvrages Brochures et Catalogues sur la Numi sma t igue , Alfred Page,
Paris, France
The Comstock-Gunther Collections, Elder Coin & Curio, 1935
U.S. & Foreign and Ancient Coins, J.C. Morganthau & Co. 1937
Auction Sale, H. A. Brand, 1937
The Story of Money , From Barter to Banking ... Chase Manhattan Bk,1962
The Battle of Rhode Island, Admiral Howe medal, ,Wyllys Betts, 1936
The NUMISMATIST, November, 1912. ^Approval of BNS for membership)
Auction sale, John J. Howland col lect ion , Stack ' s , 1937
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
Books in Library
1990
Fixed price list of early medals, 1975... has a BNS Pilgrim medal for sale.
it is priced at $17.50.
"1652-1952 The story of the first coinage in America and the proposed
Commemorative Coin to be minted in 1952. The Pine
tree shilling tercentenary guarter dollar" 8 pages.
THE NUMISMATIST, July, 1935. Has an article "History of the Boston
Numismatic Society, by Shepard Pond, 8^ pages.
George & Melvin Fuld..."The wealth of southern mulings" reprint from
the Scrapbook Magazine, September, 1958.
Reprint of an article in the Boston Sunday Herald, by Maurice Gou Id ,6-14-196
Rare coins of America, England, I reland , Scot land , France, Germany, & Spain
W.M. Bergen, 1889
"Medals of the Massachusetts Bay Tercentenary, 1930", by Shepard Pond.
reprint from the Numismatist, June, 1941
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Pamphlet "Welcome to the Freedom Trail in Boston"
AMERICAN BANKING, by Elvira & Vladimir Cla i n_Stef anel 1 i , 1975
Public auction sale of Samuel W. Comstock Collection, 1934
Auction sale of the collection of Earl Victor Tuttle, 2 vols, Bowers & Ruddy
1981
New England Journal of Numismatics, Vol . 1 , #1, summer, 1986 (only issue)
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
SPRING, 1998
Harold E. Whiteneck
(L)
10-22-46
Joseph Freedberg
4- 4-56
Bartloff Kosrofian
(L)
11- 6-56
Ole R. Knudson
2- 5-57
Thomas P. Rockwell
(H)
10- 7-58
Robert R. Andrews, II
5- 2-60
S. Charles Talamo
1- 9-63
John E. Borhek
5- 8-63
Susan S. Pond (Miss)
1- 6-66
Arthur M. Fitts, III
(L)
12-18-68
John D. Mullen
2-12-70
Robert A. Spence
2-12-70
Edward S. Weltman
3- 3-78
Joseph C. Ghiloni,Jr.
4-11-78
William ,T. Jones, Jr.
2-20-80
John S . Rodman
(L)
2-20-80
Martin A. Samuels
3-18-80
Edmund Page
1-13-81
Frank Leppert
(L)
4-15-82
Bertram M. Cohen
(L)
4-20-82
Jan M. Dyroff
(L)
11-12-82
John W. Adams
4-13-83
Carl W. Lundquist
9-14-83
Kevin E. McKelvey
(L)
11-13-85
Paul Spiegel
(L)
11-13-85
Lawrence W. Bell
(L)
9-25-86
Jay E. Bailey
5-13-87
John J. Ingalls
(L)
6-11-87
Arnold Beauregard
1-12-88
Edward M. Katz
10-11-88
Richard E. Lavimodiere
10-11-88
Evelyn B. Katz (Mrs.)
10-11-88
Alvan Jones
9-12-89
Barbara A. Jones (Mrs.
)
9-12-89
Thomas L. Droz
11-14-89
Prudence M. Fitts (Mrs.
)
1- 8-91
Robert S. Anderson
3-12-91
Harvey A. Fenton
1-14-92
Kenneth B. Spatola
2-11-92
David B. Nathanson
4-14-92
Andrew J. Girard
9-14-93
Robert F. Fritsch
3- 8-94
Joseph S. Wo j ciechowski
5- 9-95
Sharon Dyroff
(H)
1- 9-96
Charles Getlin
9-10-96
Arthur W. Kay
6-10-97
Jerry Rudolph
11-25-97
Gilbert Young
1 - o - ^ 8
I 5
L = Life Member
H = Honorary-
Member
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
SPRING, 1999
Harold E. Whiteneck
(L)
10-22-46
Joseph Freedberg
4- 4-56
Bartloff Kosrofian
(L)
11- 6-56
Ole R. Knudson
2- 5-57
Thomas P. Rockwell
(H)
10- 7-58
Robert R. Andrews, II
5- 2-60
S. Charles Talamo
1- 9-63
John E. Borhek
5- 8-63
Susan S. Pond (Miss)
1- 6-66
Arthur M. Fitts, III
(L)
12-18-68
John D. Mullen
2-12-70
Robert A. Spence
2-12-70
Joseph C. Ghiloni,Jr.
4-11-78
William T. Jones, Jr.
2-20-80
John S. Rodman
(L)
2-20-80
Martin A. Samuels
3-18-80
Edmund Page
1-13-81
Frank Leppert
(L)
4-15-82
Bertram M. Cohen
(L)
4-20-82
Jan M. Dyroff
(L)
11-12-82
John W. Adams
4-13-83
Carl W. Lundquist
9-14-83
Kevin E. McKelvey
(L)
11-13-85
Paul Spiegel
(L)
11-13-85
Lawrence W. Bell
(L)
9-25-86
Jay E. Bailey
5-13-87
John J. Ingalls
(L)
6-11-87
Arnold Beauregard
1-12-88
Edward M. Katz
10-11-88
Richard E. Lavimodiere
10-11-88
Evelyn B. Katz (Mrs.)
10-11-88
Alvan Jones
9-12-89
Thomas L. Droz
11-14-89
Prudence M. Fitts (Mrs.
1- 8-91
Robert S. Anderson
3-12-91
Harvey A. Fenton
1-14-92
Kenneth B. Spatola
2-11-92
David B. Nathanson
4-14-92
Andrew J. Girard
9-14-93
Robert F. Fritsch
3- 8-94
Joseph S. Woj ciechowski
5- 9-95
Sharon Dyroff
(H)
1- 9-96
Charles Getlin
9-10-96
Arthur W. Kay
6-10-97
Jerry Rudolph
11-25-97
Gilbert Young
1- 9-98
Susan Briggs (Mrs.)
2- 9-99
L = Life Membe
H = Honorary
Member
(See formerly
called
R . K . Burke )
YEAR
1884
1932
1936
1885
1985
1998
1931
1966
1908
1867
1898
1996
1881
1870
1949
1994
1875
1945
1988
1981
1896
1965
1991
1864
1999
1983
1997
1875
1963
1936
1913
1964
1953
1950
1931
1941
1992
1991
1999
1997
1979
1945
1992
1876
1948
1881
1942
1997
1875
1928
1874
1992
1940
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
OBITUARIES
AGE
Charles E. Anthon
Michael J. Boyle
Frank O. Brown
Dudley R. Child 38
Grace F. Clapp 80
James F. Clapp, Jr. 89
William 0. Comstock 73
George A. Crawford
Sylvester S. Crosby
Edward A. Crowninshield
Henry Davenport 87
Oscar H. Dodson 91
William E. DuBois 71
John H. Ellis
Rheinholt Faelten
Leonard H. Finn Ca.79
Joseph M. Finotti
Carleton S. Gifford
Eliott L. Goldberg
Ralph Goldstone
John Haigh 64
Andrew Y. Hodgdon 74
Alvah W. Hoyt 84
Anna P. Jones
Barbara A. Jones
Abraham Kosoff
Abner Kreisberg 93
Winslow Lewis 76
Benjamin G. Lowenstam
Charles Markus 79
William T. R. Marvin 81
Harold Mattingly 79
Fred H. McDermott
Nancy Merrill 34
Charles W. Morse 82
Walter P. Nichols 52
Helen R. Ogden 80
Warren G. Ogden 85
Edmund L. Page 84
Sylvia F. Page 84
June T. Pond
Shepard Pond 56
John L. Powers 63
George W. Pratt 74
Fred W. Prior
John P. Putnam Ca.62
Victor A. Reed 73
Walter H. Riley 74
James E. Root
Edward E. Shepardson 66
Philip S. Sprague 45
Norman Stack 64
Morgan H. Stafford 67
YEAR
1936
1956
1872
1922
1935
1936
1872
1992
1980
1931
1949
1958
1938
1936
1993
1875
1949
1938
1940
1875
OBITUARIES
ICl,
(CON'T)
AGE
Clinton H. Stearns 76
Foster Stearns
William G. Stearns 68
Horatio R. Storer
Malcolm Srorer 73
Howard T. Swain 69
James H. Taylor 61
Mabel A. Tuttle 91
Earl V. Tuttle
Joseph E. Waitt 49
Lester Watson
Edgar F. Welti
Henry J. Wenzelberger 63
Horace L. Wheeler 78
Paul F. White 53
John K. Wiggin
William L. Willey
Howland Wood 60
Moritz Wormser 62
Thomas H. Wynne
recent deaths.
1 *LI
„ ,17 nr cinrtcs V. Autlion of New York city
OKUlcs A..U.oi.,tlic well-known l.;Um scbola. .
CHARLES EDWARD ANTHON
( - 1884)
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
HONORARY MEMBER
1868 - 1884
MICHAEI
BOYLE
, J .
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1926 - 1932
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F,RE hero dTEs
• of I ■
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FRANK 0.
BROWN
Mr- Franl: 0* Brown, 32 Woodland St.
Worcester, Mass. died. Sept. 23rd. at
Holden hospital, Holden, Mass.
I shall . . attend the next
Boston Numismatic Society meeting.
I
SIGN NAME HERE
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1925
1936
DUDLEY RICHARDS
CHILD
(1845 - 1883)
BOSTON NUMSMATIC SOCIETY
1875 - 1883
1 r>u.r Kicuarm < UILD, Ls-]., of B *ton. a rodent member. admitted Jan 7
1870' wtu born in HilUborough, 1,1 , June 23. 1815. and da- 1 a: Oakland Ualifor-
uia. wlulhcr he had g n on a int if ill health May I J i»- i
II'., fatlar was Henry KiclwrdaC'iild. who burn in Boston, July 25 1610
an t lad March US 1*17 II. * mother w,c Sally ShurtlelT, horn in Boston. ixpi!
o bhe bad been previously mimed to Benjamin Fr.cman.
notice 1 that Mr Child » father and mother acre t*Bh natives of L >n
and that Ins fit ar dad when the »m was only two vears old. At tho ago of far
he was brought back to It "ton. k. that hi« childhood and voath were passed here
nnd !,e mreind his education in the B.*»lon English High School.
. * f '* «"f«h«r:« Kichxrd* Child, and hm great-grandparent* were Daniel
• I to . Iwbteoi Kioharde 11m carli, at American ancestor wo# Ih-njamm <
■v v • » Pr ibly ,n 1*30 At ai rate he « •
early enough to help build the 6r«t meeting house at Iloxbury. The subject of
ton sketc'i wiu of the eighth generation from Benjamin
lie -a u united in marri tge. Oct 13. IMJO, with M Mimouri Stock well, dan • -
l“u l Marv Suadman (Tileeton) Stock well. There were thr
from this marriage, the eldest, a son, bearing bis fathers name. Two of these
Children. with their mother, nurtivo
Mr Cl i d wa* not in any special line of trade or professional busineas, butdevot-
e<l bmjseir to tho euro of his own properly, and acted also as guard, nn for other peo-
"rty. lie waa for quite a number of year* clerk of the “ Proprietor* of
t u M - e mg- house in II ..,s Street, at.d was a.*o recording secretary of the “ New
England Numismatic ar l Arrh.i dogicnl Society.”
lie was troubled with lung d.(B;ulti.9. and thought a jonrney to Califoraian
Ho went in the I of Ibis year. In pa
over the high lands of tbo ILk .y M iun tains, the greatly rareScd air proved very in¬
jurious. Ho was tuado worse rather than letter, and ao remained till his death.
MRS .
r,
GRACE FITZGERALD CLAPP
POSTON NUMISMATIC
(1908 - 1988)
SOCIETY 1971 -
1988
Clapp ■ 1 1 u •• FitzGerald Clupp. ol 1
bridge lormorlv ol Roc kland, .il Ml Auburn
Mospil.il on Wednesday Way 16 ago BU ~ ■
Oearly beloved wile of Jmnea Ford Clapp Jr s
Mothei ol Or James Ford Clapp III Ol Col-
Chester. VT Susan Fonshawo Colannino ol'fy
Cambridge and Deborah Fn/Gerold Clapp
Rodlern ol Quincy Sister ol Clure O Shea ol
Rockland, ulso survived by 7 grandchildren
Funeral Mass in Holy Family Church . .
land, on Monday af 11 am Interment In
Holy Family Cemelery Visiting hours in the
Sullivan Funeral Home 46 fust Water St.
Rockland on Sunday born 5-8 p m
JAMES FORD CLAPP, JR. (1908 - 1998)
Boston Numismatic Society
President
Secretary
Secret a ry
President
Honorary Member
1947 - 1998
1949-1950
1953-1955
1959-1962
1963-1964
1990-1998
Collectors Club of Boston
1969-1989
Society Historia Numorum
Letter to James Ford Clapp, Jr.
boston miSMTic socim
Thomas P. Rockwell
p o. box s I 2
NORTH ANDOVER MASS 01843 December i 30,
lean f}Lm:~
He haven't heard f nom you Aince you moved to AnL^ona
and ure. ane uron.den.Lny how you ane doiny down thene.
I am encloAuxa a AenLonLty chant no you can Aee that
you ane now only junLon to Hanold HhLtenec^. / huA, you ane
Atantiny in on youn 3 l At yean with the HNS. i hcA La a yneat
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JAMES FORD CLAPP ,
JR. (1909 - 1998)
BOSTON NUMISMATIC
SOCIETY
1947 - 1998
President 1949-1950
Secretary 1953-1955
THE BOSTON GLOBE • WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 25. 1998
James F. Clapp Jr., architect
and amateur numismatist; at 89
By Tom Long
Gl.OliK STAFF
Secretary
President
Honorary
Collectors
1969
1959-1962
1963-1964
1990-1998
club of Boston
- 1989
Society Historia Numorum
A memorial service will be held
Saturday for James F. Clapp Jr., an
architect who specialized in design¬
ing libraries and numismatist who
concentrated on the coins of ancient
Greece and Rome.
A former principal in the Boston
firm of Shepley Bulfinch Richardson
and Abbott, Mr. Clapp died Jan 22 in
Scottsdale, Ariz., where he had been
living since his retirement in 1990.
He was 89.
He designed Lament Library at
Harvard University and Clapp Li¬
brary in Wellesley. He also designed
the Portland (Maine) Public Library,
Fairchild Center at Dartmouth Col¬
lege, and Hiatt Library at the Col¬
lege of the Holy Cross.
He also taught architecture and
was former president of the Boston
Architectural Center, which, as he
once wrote, “conducts a night school
of some repute for those not fortu¬
nate enough to obtain architectural
training at a university.”
Yesterday, W. Mason Smith,
president of Shepley Bulfinch Rich¬
ardson and Abbott, said Mr. Clapp’s
“lifelong devotion to scholarly pur¬
suits was reflected in his preemi¬
nence in the design of academic li¬
braries, where his innovations, such
as the open stack, were reflected in
Keyes F. Metcalfs book ‘Planning
CLAPP-^lames Ford. Jr. age 89. on January
22, in Scottsdale. Az after a brief illness Re¬
tired architect & partner from the firm of She¬
pley, Bulfinch. Richardson & Abbott. He is
survived by 3 children. Dr, James F Clapp,
J Susan F. Colannino of Cambridge,
“ Deboiah Clapp-Redfern of Ouincy His
sister Anne F. Clapp of DE He is also sur¬
vived by 8 grandchildren A Memorial Ser-
ill be held Saturday. February 28 at
It Au-
, , - - - - Cam¬
bridge. Memorial donations may be made to
the James Worthington Ames Scholarship
c/o The Boston Architectural Center, 320
Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02115.
vice will be neld Saturday, February 2£
11 00 A M at The Bigelow Chapel. Mt
burn Cemetery. 580 Mt Auburn Street, Ci
JAMES F. CLAPP JR.
Academic and Research Library
Buildings.’ ”
Mr. Clapp also was an authority
on Roman, Greek, and Byzantine
coins and was the former president
of the Boston Numismatic Society.
He lived in Cambridge before his
retirement. He graduated from Har¬
vard College in 1931 and earned a
master’s degree in architecture at
Harvard four years, later.
In the oOth reunion report of his
class at Harvard, he wrote that “pre¬
sent-day architecture and ancient
numismatics continue to absorb my
working and playing hours.”
He wrote that he was able to ar¬
range extended vacations each year
to travel and study at ruins in
Greece and Rome, thus enriching
both his architectural and numismat¬
ic backgrounds.
“As I enter ' my seventies,” he
wrote, “my eyes are closed deliber¬
ately upon the national and worldly
problems that beset us and look
through rosy glasses upon beautiful
aspects, exciting buildings, magnifi¬
cent coins, and a loving family.”
He leaves a son, James F. Ill of
Ohio; two daughters, Susan F. Co¬
lannino of Cambridge and Deborah
Clapp-Redfern of Quincy; and eight
grandhildren.
The memorial sendee will be at
1 1 a.m. in Bigelow Chapel at Mt. Au¬
burn Cemetery, Cambridge.
Dear Mrs. Colannino:
(February 28. 1998)
As I sat in the chapel today at your father’s service, many memories of your father kept
Hooding my thoughts. For instance, your father gave his talks so many times that when
he got to our club to show his slides, your mother would know just when to move to
the next slide and your father would sav, “now Grace, I'll tell vou when to move to the
next slide.” And every picture he took of the old buildings in Rome, he d have your
mother standing nearby and then he'd say “there she is again. 1 hat woman gets in ever)
picture!”
Your father meant a lot to me over the 40 years I knew him and he was a very good
friend. Many a time we’d come to your house for a meeting ot some sort and he d
invariably bring out some choice coins he’d recent!) acquired.
When I took ancient history in school, it was a vers dull subject. But when your lather
would describe some battle or event, it made historc come alive for us. 1 1 is memor> of
thine ! ;’d read was amazing. He ‘d describe what was on a coin for me and I'd think no
one v o ild ever know that much, but when 1 got home and looked up the coin with the
inform ’ion he'd given me, he was always right!
I am >.ag to list down below the facts I have about the two coin clubs I know about that
he w . in.
1 he . on N imismatic Society
Hem her
resident
'secretary
ecretary
President
Hon ra v member
1947-1998
1949-1950
1953-1955
1959-1962
1963-1964
1990-1998
The C < ectors Club of Boston
lember 1969-1989
And was a member of the Society Historia Numorum w hich 1 think maybe he
founded in 1965 or thereabouts.
A ve*v
whom ii
imed man, a wonderful friend, a person who enriched the
came in contact1 1 am so glad 1 knew him.
lives of all those with
Tin i Rockwell
P.0 . d)\ 512
Nort Andover
Most sincerely,
(Mrs. Susan Colannino
@ Walnut Street
Cambridge. MA 02140)
Massachusetts 1 * 1 845-05 1
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Death in Brookline
of Win. O. Comstock
- /
William Ogllvie Comstock died today
nt h!s Jiome, 64 Dudley street, Brookline,
lie was born In Boston, the son of "Wil¬
liam O. and Margaret Elio* (I^mh) 'Corn-
stock. He was educated at Washington-
"7'nlverslty at St. Louts, Mo., and became
an ex> ert mining engineer, and while pur¬
suing his career he was located for some
time In the West. He had been retired^
from active professional life for the past
thirty years, and had since then devoted
his time largely to historical study and
research, specializing In, early American
history,
Ha belonged to a number of orgaAlza-'
tlons, these Including Boston Chapter,
S A. R., tho Brookline Historical So*
clety. the Connecticut Society of the Cin¬
cinnati, the Boston Engineering Society,
the American Institute of Mining and
Metallurgical Engineers, "the Boston Nu¬
mismatic Society, of which he at one time
had been president; and 10 national body
of the same name; and the New England
Society for the Preservation of Antiqui¬
ties. He also belonged to the "Unitarian
Club and the Laymen's League of that
denomination, and the First Parish
Church, Brookline, where the funeral'
will be held Saturday at 2.30 P. M.
; There ar« two surviving children, Wil¬
liam O. Comstock, Jr., of Brookline, and
Mrs, Wallace O. Fenn of Rochester, N.
Y.; four sisters. Mrs. William H, Allen
of Illngham, Miss Mabel dl. Comstock,
Miss Louisa W. Comstock and Miss
Susan W; - Comstock, all residing In
Brookline; and a brother, jSamuel W.
Comstock of Salem, , ,
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WILLIAM OGILVIE COMSTOCK
(1858 -
1931 )
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1916 -
1931
VICE-PRESIDENT
1921 - 1922
TREASURER
1923 - 1928
PRESIDENT
1929
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, WlUlara O. Comstock *T
Funeral servlcr.-; will be in the First
I Parish Ch.rrch, Walnut street, Brook-
j line, tomorrow at 2:30 P. M„ for
William Ogllvic Comstock, 73, retired
expert mining engineer, who died in his
| home, 54 Dudley street, Brookline. He
was a graduate of Washington Univer¬
sity In 8t. Louis, Mo., and while pur¬
suing hla care«T vaa located In the
We3t for many years. He retired about
30 yearB ago and since then devoted hit
time to historical ptudy, He was a
member of many organizations. He
leaves two children, William O. Com¬
stock, Jr., of Brookline, wcuj Mrs. Wal¬
lace O. Fenn of Rochester, N. Y., four
eW,(;ncl . toXh.r. jflfcfr
Will I AM OGILV1K ( <>WST(M K.
After a brief Illness, William Ogllvle Comstock, of n 4 Dudley street,
Brookline, Mass., died on October 8. Funeral services were held on October
l" from the First Parish ( " h n r • h, Brookline H< is survived by two children,
William O Comstock, Jr, of Brookline, and Mrs. Wallace O Fenn. of
Rochester, N. \ four sisters and one brother Ho had been a member of
the A N. A. for many years.
Mr Comstock was born in Boston, the son of William O and Margaret
Eliot (Lamb) Comstock Ho was educated at Washington I'nlvcrslty at
St. Louis, Mo , and became an expert mining engineer, and while pursuing
his career he was located for some time In the West. He had been retired
from active professional life for the past thirty years, and hud since then
devoted his time largely to historical study and research, specializing in
early American history.
He belonged to a number of organizations, including Boston Chapter. S.
A R ; the Brookline Historical Society, the Connecticut Society of the Cin¬
cinnati. the Boston Engineering Society, the American Institute of Mining
and Metallurgical Engineers, the Boston Numismatic Society, of which ho
at one time had been president, and the New England Society for the Pres¬
ervation of Antiquities He also belonged to the Unitarian Club and the
Laymen's League of that denomination
Writing to Tur. NTmismatiht of Mr Comstock's death. Shepard Pond, sec¬
retary of the Boston Numismatic Society, said
While for the last year or two Mr Comstock had not been enjoying the
best of health and had not been able to attend our evening meetings with
as much regularity as previously, his death came suddenly and as a great
surprise to his family and his many friends Ho was a member of many
historical and patriotic societies In and about Boston and was very much
Interested In matters of this sort, as well us in collecting coins and stamps.
In numismatics he was a general collector and hiB considerable collection
embraced specimens from many countries and ranged Irotn Greek and Ro¬
man times to the present day He Joined the Boston Numismatic Society in
1916 and held various offices, having been vice-president and curator. 1921-
1922; treasurer from 1 923 to 1928, and president in 1929. His death is
a real loss to the Society ~
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WILLIAM OGILVIE COMSTOCK
(
1931 )
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1916 -
1931
VICE-PRESIDENT
1921 -
1922
TREASURER
1923 -
1928
PRESIDENT
1929
GEORGE A. CRAWFORD ( - 1966)
j
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1955 - 1962
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The last of 1 1 children and son of a Congregational minister, this
collector /student/historian learned watch making as a prolcssion, cstab-
lishing himself in that trade in Bos¬
ton in the 1850s.
A collector since 1857, this
founding member of the New Eng¬
land Numismatic and Archaeologi¬
cal Society became its first curator.
A religious devotee to die group's
monthly meetings, he frequently
presided, invariably astounded his
fellows with an ama/ing array ot
rare pieces in all senes, ancient and
nuxlcm. patterns and medals. Ori¬
ental and Europeans, and ultimately
was called upon to chair the orga¬
nization's committee charged with
producing a definitive study of
American Colonials. _ ,
From ns onset in 1869. the project appeared doomed. One by one.
his committee fell apart, leaving him alone to produce the projected
10 volume compendium. Unwavering in h.s devotion, he stuck o the
task assembling background material from both sides oi the Atlantic,
encaging in correspondence with a host of collectors and systematically
examining his own incomparable collection.
Though not financially successful, his completed work electrified
colic tors He supplemented this masterpiece w ith a companion epic on
the coppers of 1793. supplemented by his investigations of the I ugio
cents Sommer Islands pieces and other issues. . .
Extensively honored by the American Numismatic Society. American
Numismatic Association and other societies to which he belonged, he
vs IS the only American among six numismatic scholars whose names
were cut into the frieze of the front facade of the 1930 addiuon to the
ANS headquarters in New York. 5
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SYLVESTER SAGE CROSBY
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY 1869-1908
TREASURER 1884-1907
HONORARY MEMBER 1908-1908
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EDWARD AUGUSTUS CROWN I NS HI ELD
( - 1867)
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1864 - 1867
O biimiry.
pjo Augustus Orownlnahleld, died At Milton Joly 3
r.
jjjtosiant Church does not solemnly canonize her
» they sleep forever fresh and warm as in life In the
ft those they love, and who love them. It Is not lit
rrmaoeut deUnlte record should be made of the vir-
iiomlse of the young man whose imrne heads these
H. et this scanty memorial testify nt least how dear
• all who knew him well.
fed of rerne kable personal beauty atnl winning ad-
gained regard and good will at once. lie was frank
nd sincere. He had remarkable healthiness anti
of nature. His Intellectual powers were much
;e average, fin chose a mercantile life, but would
lo a good mlnlstor.' nis talents were Indeed more
than speculative, but he had energy, patience aad
atlon that would have Insured him success In any
achievement where his heart waa enlisted,
was not his heartiness nor his talents that made him
e was as true a triend as ever lived. Whom he loved
better thsn himself. He was thoughtful, watchful
ring. In the pursuit ot the happiness of others,
r knew s man ol higher conscientiousness or of more
Its morality Probably he had faults, but he was
3s of them when no oae else was, and with what pa
nd lat*>r ho elrove to make hltnself free from all sin
I, only tiud knows. More thaji this, he was a c'hrlw
Se had a large share of religions enthusiasm, of rever¬
ed of eelf-sacrltlclng obedience. He followed Jcsas
rust: ugly, talthrully, on l he tolled well lor the maln-
I and enlargement of Ills Church.
w poor are auy human words to t! tcrlbe a true and
si character 1 Noble friend, UrewaUI (lod cannot
ken him from our eyes and arms forever. Can Ho
pare to lose to precious and rich a Ufa from Ilia nnl-
NOilt must be that somewhere still Ihr fair and
virtues are blossoming and trnrlog their rar# and
fruit as (or so short a time they did here. a.
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HENRY DAVENPORT.
NcW York. Jan 27.— Henry Davenport,
who until recent years was a well-known
resident of Ros'.on. died suddenly here on
Monday ut the licmo of his son-ln-luw. Dr.
Clement Cleveland.
Mr. D.iveinort was born In Boston and
"a: In his )>7th year. He was graduated
n the Boston Latin school. He Imme¬
diately enquired In basinet*, and «rlth tho
■ ; 'I > of .t f w yc irs In Baltimore when
i >ou ‘rl iiian. i . <• :. business life was
spent in this city.
He was c onneett-l with the York Manu¬
facturing Co. lor a few >ears and later
Held a position of rcsponslbl.liy In the of-
t. of th'- Paclllc mills for Hourly 10 yeur-i.
He retir'd from active busin< »» seven years
aj|0. »inc* which t.me ho ha# made his
licmo In Nr<v York.
He vv h one of the oldest life members
I of the New CnK- ind Historic GcnealOKlcul
Hoe *ty, oral of the Bociety of Arts of tho
lneti" ite *f Tecl.noloKy. He was also vlce-
pr.ildent of t,n* Boston Numismatic So-
cl dyx He married In 1843 Miss Curollne
Howe, who with a daughter und two sons
| survive him. The eidi r ■ n, K. H.. Is as¬
sistant pr« lessor in the Harvard Medical
School, ur.d the your.cer, G. H., Is the head
< ( 'no well-known luaitrr firm, Davenport,
l'ctem 6c Co.'
HENRY DAVENPORT
FOUNDER OF BNS
BNS 1860-1898
LIFE MEMBER
TREASURER
VICE-PRESIDENT
1811 -
1 860
1 870-1898
1860-1870
1 872-1898
1898
Rear Admiral Oscar K. Dodson
Flotillas of the Atlantic Fleet
Rear Admiral Oscar II Dod¬
son, 91, of Urbana died at 610
p.m Monday, January 22, 1996
at the Urbana
Americana
Nursing Home.
Visitation will
be from 5-7
p.m Friday at
Mittendorf-
Calvert-Mor-
gnn Funeral
Home, Cham¬
paign Chapel,
2400 Galen Dr.
Champaign, IL.
Full military rites will later fol¬
low ut Arlington National Ceme¬
tery, Arlington, Virginia.
Mr. Dodson was born Jan. 3,
1905 in Houston, Texas. He was
a son of Dennis S. and Maggie
Sisk Dodson. He married
Pauline Wellbrock on Dec 17.
1932. Mrs. Dodson survives in
Urbana along with one son. John
D. Dodson, Champaign; two
granddaughters, Wendy L Dod¬
son of Winston-Salem, N.C. and
Gayla J. Dodson of Austin,
Texas. Also surviving is a broth¬
er, Joseph E. Dodson, San Anto¬
nio, Texas a sister, Garnett
Phillips, Houston, Texas; two
nieces and two nephews. He was
preceded in death by one sister,
Virginia Finch.
Rear Admiral Dodson
received his B S. degree from
the Naval Academy in 1927 and
M.A. degree from the University
of 111. in 1953. He was commis¬
sioned as an ensign in the United
States Navy in 1927 and
advanced through grades to
Rear Admiral in 1957. He served
as commanding officer of the
U.S S. Thomas Jefferson from
1949-50. He also served as com¬
mander of the Landing Ship
from 1954-55. Mr. Dodson was
chief of staff of the U.S. Naval
mission to Greece 1955-56 and
chief of staff of the 1st Naval
District of Boston from 1956-57.
He retired from active military
life in 1957 as a well known
naval science professor and
numismatist. He served in 13
Pacific Theatre Battles and was
decorated with the Silver Star.
During his military career he
received 3 Battle Stars and 5
unit Citations.
Mr Dodson served as a direc¬
tor of the Money Museum
National Bank, Detroit, Mich.
1959-65; director emeritus of
the World Heritage Museum,
Univ. of 111., Urbana-Cham-
paign; 1966-73; appointed by
President Truman as member of
Annual Assay Commission,
1948; member of Univ. of Ill
Foundation Presidents Council;
U.S. Naval Academy Founda¬
tion, author of Money Tells the
Story, 1962; contributing editor
Coinage Magazine, 1973-87; a
Fellow of the American Numis¬
matic Society, Explorers Club.
Mr. Dodson also was a Life
member of the American
Numismatic Association He
served that organization on the
Board of Governors, 1950-55;
president 1957-61; and received
its Farran Zerbe award- 1968
and the association's Lifetime
Achievement Award. He was
also a member of Univ. of 111
Alumni Assoc. (Loyalty Award
1966); U S. Naval Academy
Alumni; Champaign Rotary
Club (past pres.); New York
Yacht ( dub; Champaign Country
Club, and the Dial Club.
Memorial contributions may be
made to the Univ. of Ill. Founda¬
tion
In Loving Ucmo/uj
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Bo An
Jcuum/iy 3, 190 5
Vizd
Janmviy 22, 1996
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Monday Feivuixcu/ 5, 1996
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A ALLngton NcutLonaZ CemzXeAy
Arlington, ViAquiia.
\) ■LhiAoJJoon
Fnidajj J cuma/iy 26, 1996
5:00-7:00 P.M.
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2400 Galeji Vruvz.
Cbjunpaign, ILLcnoiA
OSCAR H . DODSON (1905 - 1996)
BOSTON NUMSMATIC SOCIETY
1936 - 1996
LIFE MEMBER 1964 - 1996
Adm. Dodson, ex-ANA president, dies at age 91
Former American Numismatic
Association President Oscar H.
Dodson died Jan. 22 at the age
of 91.
A retired rear admiral in llie
United States Navy,
Adm. Dodson was
scheduled to be buried
Feb. 5 with full mili¬
tary honors at Arling¬
ton National Cemetery.
A numismatist most
of his life and a gener¬
ous contnbutor to the
ANA and the hobby, in
1968, Adm. Dodson
was presented the
ANA's highest honor -
the Farran Zcrbe Mcmon
al Award. The ANA’s Lifetime
Achievement Award was be¬
stowed in 1995.
During his four-year term as
president - 1957-1961 - Adm.
Dodson was responsible for
bridging the transition between
“traditional numismatics" and
the then-new investment mar¬
ket. After serving
nine-years on the
board, he remained
committed to numis¬
matics.
A native Texan,
Adm. Dodson joined
the ANA in 1931 . be¬
coming a life mem¬
ber in 1950 - the
same year lie re¬
ceived the ANA
Medal of Merit.
Even the loss of a few
coins that were on board the
USS Hornet when it was sunk
during World War II failed to
cause Dodson’s interest in nu¬
mismatics to waver.
Adm. Dodson served on the
U.S. Assay Commission in 1948
and the Hobbies Committee of
the U.S. State Department's
People -to-Pcople Program. Two
years after retiring from the
Navy in 1957. Adm. Dodson es¬
tablished The Money Museum
at llic National Bank of Detroit.
Adm. Dodson also contributed
some of the most important
Greek coins to the ANA Money
Museum.
Adm. Dodson was a contribut¬
ing editor to CO IN age magazine
from 1973-1987.
Adm. Dodson married the for¬
mer Pauline Wellbrook in 1932.
She and a son survive GD
COIN WORLD
February 12, 1996
n
Dodson
FARRAN 7.ERBE AWARD
HEATH Ti 1 TERARY AWARD
ANA MEDAL OF MF.RTT
ANA PRESIDENT
LI FETI ME ACHIEVEMENT
1 96R
1955
1 950
1957 - 1961
AWARD, ANA 1995
6
NUMISMATIC NEWS February 13, 1996
Oscar H. Dodson
Oscar Dodson
is mourned
Former American Numismatic Asso¬
ciation President Oscar H. Dodson died
Jan. 20.
A generous contributor to both the
hobby and the ANA, Dodson was
responsible for adding some of the
most important Greek coins to the ANA
Money Museum. During his nine years
on the ANA Board of Governors (presi¬
dent, 1957-1961), he helped with the
hobby’s transition from so-called tradi¬
tional numismatics to the then-new
investment market atmosphere.
A numismatist for most of his life,.
Dodson received both the Farran Zerbe
Memorial Award and, in 1995, the
ANA’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
When he received the first more than a
quarter century ago, it was noted that
Dodson’s “contributions toward the
advancement of numismatics cannot be
measured in a single citation.”
In the Centennial History of the
American Numismatic Association, Q.
David Bowers wrote, “More than any
other ANA president since Augustus G.
Heaton. . . . Oscar Dodson was a
philosopher.”
A retired rear admiral, he was
knowrn to refer often to the old Navy
slogan, “Can Do.”
OSCAR H. DODSON (1905 - 1996)
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY 1936 - 1996
LIFE MEMBER 196d - 1996
Joined the ANA 1931
ANA MEDAL OF MERIT 1950
ANA PRESIDENT 1957 - 1961
HEATH LITERARY AWARD 1955
FARRAN ZERBE AWARD I960
ANA LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 1995
Dodson established the Money
Museum at the National Bank of
Detroit two years after he retired, serv¬
ing as its director for six years. He
served on the U.S. Assay Commission
in 1948 and the Hobbies Committee of
the U.S. State Department’s People-to-
People Program.
The author of Money Tells the Story
in 1962, Dodson traveled to more than
65 countries giving more than 400
lectures. He w'as a contributing editor to
COlNage magazine from 1973 to 1987.
Dodson married Pauline Wcllbrook
in 1932. She and a son survive.
Dodson was buried with full military
honors at Arlington National Cemetery
on Feb. 5.
'7*.
William E. DuBois, who had been connected
with tho United States mtot In Philadelphia for
forty-eight years, died in that citv last week, lie
was born In Doylestown, l'u., in lilO, oml in early
llli’ studied law nnd was admitted to the bar. In
ls it he went to Philadelphia and accepted the po¬
sition of chief clerk In tnc mint. Two years later
he was made assistant n«>ayor, and in ls;j was
"i ado assay or, ,i position he held up to the time of
his death. During hisoilleial life Mr. DuBois was
ever busy with his pen, writing oti Ida favorite
topic of coins ami coinage. Some of his works
are regarded as high authority on numismatics.
Among aoiuo of his most proud nun t writings
were "A Manual of Coins," “A Description of tho
Coins in the Vnited States .Mint," and "Coins,
Cuinniro and Bullion.” He contributed largely to
periodicals on money-making MihJjets anil wrote
several pamphlets, one of which, on a revised
system of weights, is still sought after ns pecu¬
liarly valuable. ills to his efforts mainly ti.it
tlic collection of coins at the Philadelphia mint
is so complete and v aluable. He began tho cabi¬
net In 18.10, and never permitted any foreign' eol ns
to be melted until he had sorted over the lot to
find some new pieeo for this collection. In 1862
Mr. DuBois travelled In Europe and w rote exten-
V ely on the mints of France and England.
WILLIAM EWING DUBOIS
(1010 - 1881)
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1ST HONORARY MEMBER
1861 - 1881
DIRECTOR OF THE U. S. MINT
VTUlinm E. DuBois, oonnected with tho mint! a
Philadelphia for forty-eight yours, died la that
• city last woek. Be was born in Deyiestown, I’a.,
In 1810, and in early Hf# studied law and wu
admitted to the bar. In 1633, ho wept to Phila¬
delphia nucUcceptod the position of chief clork
iu tho utility S'voyftars later ho was made assist¬
ant assay®?, and lo 1873 was made assayer, a
position he hold up to the time of his death,
dir. T>uBoI* wrote several works on numismatics,
which are now gespoctod as high authorities.
, Among these were "A Manual of Coins," “A do-
: acriptlon of tho Coins iu tho 1 uitod States Mint"
and “Coins, Coinage and Bullion. ” He contrlb-’
ntsd largely to periodicals on money-making eut>
jeue and wrote several pamphlets, one of which,
rca a revised system of weights, is still sought
a: tor as peculiarly valuable. It is to his eiforts
•tnaJnly that th^ collection of coins tit tho Phila¬
delphia trilnt is so, completo and valuable. Ho
{r Hogan the cabinet in 1830, and uovor permitted
• any foreign ooina to be molted until lie bad Borted
over tho lot to find some now piece for bis collec¬
tion, t in, i8W Jir, DuBois travelled In Europo aud
wrote extent it Oly on the, mints of Franco and
I* tub l>e*rit or Jims lint's*.. Kli.Ii a
circle of frieuda an«l relatives art sadly bcreared
and the community loses our of Its promising
»ouu; turn. Carefully nurtured from hit boyhood
up, bn character an I ltfr wore singular!/ blame-
Ice# He wee Industrious as a student, geette-
■jan’.y ar d f'nUI, mo ■ >! t di-r<-ipeciing and re-
ape. ifu! to others lu social Intercourse. But re-
cent!/ beganlng the pracll. r of bis ct <ra pr«-
fee#K>0, as a member of. the >nff.»lk Bar, an 1 form¬
ing the closest of domnir ties, reluming only a
few month# alace from i tour al.roa I , in hi* early
manhood hr has been » : ldenl> rem >ved by tha;
lualdloua and baffling disease of which «o insny la
\ew Eng land are the victims Such a departure
ro i st #rrtn sn Irreparable bw- to tti.>a* wh in It
nioet nearly affecta . and only the atr.-ngest faith
• an teach the needed lesson of aubrulaslon. al¬
though. aa In tbta raar, thee bare all ‘be human
sympathy possible from those who knew him
i her so m.sa and nenro
The deceaerd was thr only child of lh» Bee j
< .r»-rge E. Ellla, D. D.t who held him In his heart
with constantly yeari mg aff. t >u and Justifiable
pride, from hie eery childhood . an I found In him,
from early youth, a companion >a well as a *on
Hr bore the honored name of the founder of thr
college from which hr graduated In IHTl If" was
interested In legal and historical studies and g<-n-
eral literature ; w'ltlng on subje. ts fur which he
had a partiality, with facility,- are an. I umtagger-
ated gao l sense The Transcript, w ith other Jour¬
nal*, wsa often favored with his coannutilcatlona,
r read i will a ; • . i • i
irom Europe published iu ont column*, last year,
over the signature of
Of hi# worth In rtronf pric Iplcs. cons Mentions
regard fur duty and kindly <1 s? uit n.wcbalsnnb
stant observation that be len vet a marked
vacancy among the young tnen we have looked
upon a# fit to faithfully Like the responsibilities
and Oil the place* of the generation passing away.
>ucb a death can hardly bo otherwise regarded
than aa premature; and, though well for him,
much l.s lost to ua when the presence of one so fit,
apparently, to live wisely and well for yoars to
s ome, Is suddenly tnlssed. But before tho ordina¬
tion ol higher than man's wisdom, the bead must
bow and heart be still; whilst the mourm'ul con¬
solation is vouchsafed of a bright memory of ma¬
turing manliness, that can l« cherished with hon¬
oring esteem as well as with warmest affection.
JOHN HARVARD ELLIS
( - 1870)
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1860 - 1870
REINHOLDT FAELTEN (
1949)
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1913 - 1949
HONORARY MEMBER
1936 - 1949
C-C. —
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To Th(? of thn luto
»ri i 1 llO 11 1 f'ltpy l ,
5?7 ft-T-0 AVO*,
'0 r c ert°r, ’acri.
July .1,10 :o#
Uciir ’r .! onl s : -
• ”
■ " i 3 0 . f i C 0 } v- G j U C t - > ■» ■ i nHv’u^' r-.-r +
003:1 aavies-i of c
i.r. yi.r It Pa, ii lv'eatum-lo lose to ti
• specially to t>:- .iojton a.isiwUa Joitoty.
* .'Oa'lCL 0
•a sing o
J «k.V t 3 , U.U 'Sto
jr or.tirs . ociety 0oan-j u L.i L .■■■ offlo-'r
rr.ourninp tv
>"’■> ne • t r* of oH~ti • % > •• n
honored !..:on~ t'loso nanboru over U-oiity-y^re on our .
rol». r. Peinhoid ?aelten httt j oiu-v! -.no Boston ' on.
in ]op,
our j v jry truly
i) • •
m/h
K omy licliUliEia ah uf • t
LEONARD H. FINN
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1969 - 1994
On Wednesday M.jrch 23 Leonard
West Roabury Beloved hustmnd of
Marietta (Beer) Loving father of
RiChn'O o* C A ftiiotl of Liti ngton,
Barbara of West Roxbury and h,©o.
hath of CO Adored grandfather 1
five Dear Orof «r cJT Marion ar.d
both Boston and me Into Sylvia Ser
«* the Levme Chapa- 4 70 Harvard St
BHOOKLINF on Friday March 2S at 12 00
noon Doe to the Pujnvrr Mo' day there
"All be no memorial Het'-nrubr an
may be made to a cha/rty of yom choice
THE BOSTO? • • R ' 'i v \ ! : H 26 1994
REVEREND JOSEPH MARTA FTNOTTT (
1 875)
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
i860 - 1875
- *• V ttiuouc priest Urtll |; no jrn
11 lln® ,nll>’» dleil In Colorado, Jan. u. nQ Wl ,
I;;VLl,n of KonJ family, and In early l|(o w„ lk
■ ■ Mt that order ebortly oftor belnr
ov‘,aiued- ComlnR to Boston some twoniy-ei
years ago bo wee connector! witn tbo old rathe
<!i Rl, who co he wont to Brookline and rem.
sove-al years. Taking an extooded vacation on
account of in health, he waa next append to
‘"® ^ar,3h ln Arlington, w horo ho remain od on v
a short l,, no, when he W( „t West and receded u
ui p.nutujcnt in Colorado DuHun- ,
y—O, r«„,, 7,ir«u“
In his priesthood, and also did much lltorar
uor • e^satonoumo literary editor of, ho
I dot , and wjj an eiccllcnt historian of Catholi •
Amor, cu r literature. An , Uian h(J £
respected and made nimv ir , i “'^niy
$Yl'ice of the Becretexy
127 Federal street
Bocton 10, Mass.
Boston Numismatic Society
BOSTON. MASS., U, S. A.
October 6, 1945
Airs. Outlet on j. Gifford
340 Oo:£iuonveaitn avenue
Boston, ;ia: g .
By ds*r xrs. Gifford,
It is x;lta extrene regret that X learn fro:: joj of the
neat n o* -u.-. 01; lord. th& Button Muuiai atic £o< fcy lose* in
nr. Giffobd ov? cx its oldest and laoet highly respected ^.e^bers,
anu the boolety vrlehea to ecu., its. ccndllonces to ycu znd hie
family.
If *»e nay in any *ay be of service to ycu please do not hes¬
itate to call on us.
Respectfully ycurs,
Boston Wur.ieLmtic Gcclety
CARLETON SPRAGUE GTFFORD ( - 1945)
BOSTON NUMTSMATTC SOCIETY
LIFE MEMBER
PRESIDENT
PRESIDENT
1920 - 1945
1924
1 924
1926 - 1928
ELIOTT L. GOLDBERG (1929 - 1988)
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1969 - 1908
PRESIDENT
1972 - 1976
Eliolt L Goldberg
\\ us slicd metal worker; 59
Eliott L. Goldberg of Dedham, a
sheet metal worker, died Thurs¬
day night at Brigham and Wom¬
en's Hospital after suffering a
heart attack last weekend. He was
59.
Born In Boston and a former
resident of West Roxbury. Mr.
Goldberg was a graduate of Me¬
chanic Arts High School and
served In the Navy In the late
1940s.
He was a member of Sheet Met¬
al Workers Union local 17; Ham¬
mett Masonic Lodge, Newton;
Temple Hlllel-B'nal Torah, West
Roxbury; the Wooden Money Co-
lectors Association; and the Cur¬
rency Club of Boston. He was ex¬
ecutive secretary of the New Eng¬
land Numismatic Association.
Mr. Goldberg leaves his wife,
Carol (Weinstein); two daughters.
Diane Shulman of Danvers and
Amy Rohtseln of Stoughton; two
brothers. Frederick of New Bruns¬
wick. N.J., and Alan of Dclmar,
N.Y.; his mother. Martha Davis of
West Roxbury; and four grand¬
daughters.
Services will be held Monday at
noon In Stanetsky Memorial
Chapels, Groakllnc. Burial will be
In Sharon Memorial Park.
/■l A ^
'S3.
Eliott L. Goldberg
Deceased: 3-31-1988
FT~; Vr. ^ • .*• . JL . - t
COINWORLD, W®dne*day, April 20, 1908
NENA official
E.L. Goldberg,
59, dies
New England numismatist Eliott L. Gold¬
berg of Dedham. Mass., died March 31 of a
heart attack at the age
of 59. 1
Services for Mr.
Goldberg, a Boston na¬
tive, were held April 4
at Stanetsky Memorial
Chapel in Brookline.
Mass.
Mr. Goldberg's col¬
lecting specialty was
exonumla, Including
tokens, medals, wood- Eliott L. Goldberg
en money and macerated money Items.
A member of numerous numismatic or¬
ganizations. Mr. Goldberg joined the Ameri¬
can Numismatic Association In 1962. He
served as co-chairman of the 1973 ANA con¬
vention In Boston and as general chairman
of ANA'S 91st Anniversary Convention In
1982, also In Boston. For his service to the
ANA, he was presented with the Good Fel¬
lowship Award In 1982.
On Sept. 27, 1986, at the 42nd NENA con¬
vention In Worcester, Mass.. Mr. Goldberg
was presented with Krause Publication’s
Numismatic Ambassador Award for his
work In the hobby. .
Mr. Goldberg also served on numerous
convention committees of the New England
Numismatic Association since 1964. At the
time of his death, he was executive secre¬
tary of NENA, having served the organiza¬
tion for 25 years.
Mr. Goldberg was also a member of the
Token and Medal Society, the American
\ecturtst Association and the International
Organization of Wooden Money Collectors
Q«0,ned/he Co,,ector s c,ub Boston In
1J58, serving at various times as president,
vice president and secretary-. He was a
member and past president of the Boston
Soclety' whlch he Jo^ed In
1968. He had also presided over the Curren¬
cy Club of New England and the Canadian
Club of New England.
Other organizations Mr. ‘Goldberg bo- *
longed to Include the Hammett Masonic
Lodge of Boston and the Sheet Metal Work¬
ers Local 17. He served In the U.S. Navy
during World War II.
Survivors include: a wife, Carol S. Goid-
betg; a mother, Martha Goldbcrg-Davls; two
daughters, Diane Shulman of Danvers
Mass., and Amy Rohtstcin of Stoughton.
Mass ; two brothers, Frederick Goldberg of
New Brunswick. N.J., and Alan Goldberg of
Delmar, N.Y.; and four granddaughters.
Those desiring to make donations In Mr.
Goldberg's name are requested by the fami¬
ly to make them to Temple HlIIel-B'nal To¬
rah, Eliott L. Goldberg Memorial Fund, 120
Corey St., West Roxbury, Mass., or to the
New England Numismatic Association
Young Numismatist Scholarship Fund.
NENA Treasurer John D. Mullen, P.O. Box
383, Newtonvllle. Mass. 02160
4 0 l *
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’erested only in how much as a collector of oddities,
onev a coin will brim? m<viQic oo.—. — - - ■>
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4 - rrlurplM and societies are kindly requested not to
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J- I^CENT^DUtHS. i':'^
Juun Ilalijli of the MIiIiIIcim lllcnchory.
Mr. John Haigh, a well-known resident of
Somerville, and of the llrm of (lllmore &
Hulgh. proprietors of the Middlesex Hleuoh-
Dyt ,ind Print Works, died this morn¬
ing at his residence, 151 Sumifu-r street.
S Mr. Hulgh was born In Dtiktnileld, Che-
*' t*re, . ‘«c 1. 1 sit J, the son of George uj.d
Hannah (Parkinson) Haigh. H© obtained
his early e ducation In the grammar schools
of his nu lv© land At Ul« age of seventeen
he was apprenticed to the trade of calico
print* r It lsVi hi me to America ©ngug-
Ing with the Pudrlc Mills. Lawrence, where
re remain, d until 1kt:i, when ho took change
<>f the printing drpnrlment of the Middlo-
»«x Ulca 1< ry and Dm* Works at Somerville,
of whl. i • ompony ho h.u» since become u
half ©» t «*r.
' r h reci m i Iht d. gro.-s^of an-
clf nt cruft M.tsoi r> In Grecian lodge at
I-uwrente In infill, lie had been master of
two lodg* .. and by regular election he has
1 on at the head of chupter council and corn-
m.tndery In the grand chapter he has been
*trlct deputy gniml high priest, and dop-
• tv g ar . high priest, holding #he latter
position In WS. Kor fi*'V< rul years he was
grand p order of the grand council of
Hoyal and Select Musters, and from thla
losttion *.ts elected most Illustrious grand
master three years consecutively. In 1ks3
lie was elected grand conductor of the
general grand council. Royal and Select
Masters of the I’nltad States for three ve«ra
He Is the representative of grand bodies In
. chapter . council, and comman.lery organixa*
t .ris, u ' |h an active member of the au*
prom© council of the United States In the
Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, being
-roo-t pulvsnnt sorertgn grand commander of
that' body Hi. private' library Is perhar.
the first In choice m*»>nlc literature in
New England. Mr. llalgh named MUi
X.ucy J , daughter of t’aptal.n Bedford D.
- • (Bcwkar) Tallawn of Perking, Mo.
JOHN HAIGH
(1832 - 1896)
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1890 - 1896
GEORGE D. HATTE
(1910
1997)
NOT A BNS MEMBER
NUMISMATIC NEWS July 15. 1997
ANA legal counsel George Hatie dies
George D. Hatie. a Numismatic
News Numismatic Ambassador and
former president of the American
Numismatic Association, died June 26
in Grosse Pointe, Mich. He was 87.
For the past 20 years. Mr. Hatie. a
corporate lawyer, prov ided general
counsel for the ANA
ANA president Kenneth Bressett
announced that the ANA would dedi¬
cate the 106th Anniversary Convention
in New York to Mr. Hatie.
“The loss of George to the associa¬
tion will be great.” Bressett said
Edward Rochette, ANA past presi¬
dent and former executive director
during Hatie’s tenure as general counsel
and board member, echoed the same
'There are no words that can express
the loss to the ANA with George s pass¬
ing.” Rochette said. "He personified the
best of this association."
Mr. Hatie was bom in Detroit. Mich.,
on March II. 1910. He joined the law
firm of Cross. Wrock in 1936 and was
made a partner in 1945. He remained
with the firm for 61 years.
At the ANA’s 105th Anniversary
Convention in Denver. Mr. Hatie was
George I). Hatie
inducted into the ANA’s Numismatic
Hall of Fame. A collector of coins,
tokens, paper money and postcards, Mr
Hatie joined the ANA in April 1948.
In 1963. he was named legal counsel
for the ANA. the third person to hold
the position. He stepped dow n from that
position in 1967 and was elected to the
ANA board of governors, serving as a
governor until 1973 when he was
elected vice president Mr. Hatie lost his
first bid for the presidency in 1975, but
returned as vice president in 1977 and
was elected president in 1979. He
returned to serve as ANA general coun¬
sel from 1981 until his death.
In his dedication to the hobby. Mr
Hatie also served as president of the
Token and Medal Society, Central
States Numismatic Society. Michigan
State Numismatic SiKiety. Detroit Coin
Club. Grosse Pointe Numismatic Soci¬
ety and the Lake Erie Numismatic Soci¬
ety. He also served on the U S. Assay
Commission in 1975 A TAMS medal
was struck in his honor in 1972 by the
Medallic Arts Company.
Mr Hatie was awarded the ANA’s
highest honor, the larran Zerbe Memo¬
rial Award for Distinguished Service, in
1982. the ANA Medal of Merit in 199~
the Glenn Smedley Memorial Awar
1993 and the Lifetime Achievn*
Aw ard in 1994
3®eton Hernld
February 11, 1965
•n
i Andrew Yates Hodgdon,
! Engineer, World Traveler
Funeral service's will be held al
two this afternoon at First Church
Meeting House. Dedham, for
Andrew Yates Hodgdon, 74, 142
Chestnut St., Boston, a retired
vice president of the Ludlow
Corp., a civil engineer and world
traveler.
Mr. Hodgdon, who died sudden¬
ly at his residence, was graduated
from Harvard College with the
Class of 1913, and received a
master in civil engineering de¬
gree from Harvard two years
later.
He joined Ludlow Corp. after
service in France as a captain ot
engineers with the 82nd Division.
He spent three years in India for
the firm. On return to the U. S..
he became a production super¬
visor, locating new mill sites,
building them, then starting
operations.
After retirement 10 years ago,
Mr. Hodgdon travelled extensive¬
ly in South America, Africa and
the Near East. He was greatly
interested in numismatics,
especially ancient Greek coins1
and early American scrip.
He was a member of the
Dedham Country and Polo Club,
the Harvard Club of Boston, the
Boston Yacht Club and several
foreign numismatic societies.
Mr. Hodgdon, who never
married, leaves a sister, Mrs.
Kennedy Pope of Dedham, and
two brothers, Howard W. Hodgdon
of Dedham and Waldo C. Hodgdon
of Westwood.
ANDREW YATES HODGDON (1891 - 1965)
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1958 - 1965
ALVAH W. HOYT (1907 - 1991)
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1953 - 1991
LIFE MEMBER 1988 - 1991
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Retired electrical engineer
NEWBURYPORT — Alvah W. Hoyt, 83, of 30 Marlboro
St., died early Wednesday at his daughter’s residence.
He was the husband of the
late Vivian A. (Bailey) Hoyt, t
who died May, 1977.
Born in Newburyport, July
30, 1907, he was the son of the
late Edward and Emma F. G. .
(White) Hoyt. He was a grad¬
uate of Newburyport High
School.
He also attended North- ^
eastern University. ^
Mr. Hoyt was an electrical ^
engineer with the Portsmouth „
Naval Ship Yard, retiring in b
1971. He was a member and j,
past master, 1945-1946, of St. ^
MR. HOYT Marks Ix)dge, A.F. & A.M. of
Newburyport; member and past illustrious master, 1944, ^
of the Amesbury Council, R. & S.M.; member, secretary
meritus and past high priest, 1939, of King Cyrus
Chapter, R.A.M. and also had served the Chapter as
secretary for 37 years; member and p >st commander, c
1976, of the Newburyport Commandery No. 3, K.T.; was
recipient of the York Cross of Honor; was 32nd degree j
Scottish Rite Mason, Valley of Salem; was past district
deputy of the Grand Chapter of Massachusetts; member
of the Allepo Shrine; and was a member and Past Patron I
of the 1-aurel Hill Chapter No. 76, O ILS. He was also a ■
member of the People’s United Methodist Church of 1
Newburyport, and had been active with the Newburyport
lied Cross. o
lie i> survived by one daughter, Deborah G. (Mrs. '1
Bryan O.) Earabino, Newburyport, with whom he had A
made his residence; one son, Rev. David A. Hoyt, Natick;
a great-aunt, Irene W deHerrero, Newburyport: and
three grandchildren, Vivian H. Earabino, Newburyport, d
and Laurie and Matthew Hoyt, Natick. J\
His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Elliott,
Woodworth and Rogers Funeral Home, 35 Green St., S
Newburyport. o
Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery, Newburyport.
Calling hours will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday ei
at the funeral home. The officers and members of the H
Laurel Hill Chapter, O.E.S., will have services at 6:45 p
p.m. Friday. The officers and members of King Cyrus
Chapter, R. & S.M. will have services at 7 Friday evening, s
Memorial contributions may be made to the Shriners a
Burns Institute, 51 Blossom St., Boston, Mass., 02114; or
to the Masonic Temple Fund, 31 Green St., Newburyport, 1\
Mass., 01950, or to the People’s United Methodist Church,
64 Purchase St., Newburyport, Mass., 01950. A
Arrangements are by Paul C. Rogers and Sons. H
MISS ANNA POWELL JONES ( - 1864)
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
HONORARY MEMBER
1861 - 1864
MISS \NN.\ lit\\ J.1,1, JONHS died in lloston lust week, after
■ n ii.iu >>! iv few days, wliieli Inul given no warning of Its futul close
1 !ien • persons still living who remember John l.’otn.s Joms,
her father, though. on an mint of loss of the sense of hearing, he hud
withdrawn from the public view mauy years before hi* death. He was
•: tin great inerchaiita ol his time, a man of uhility, acco
incuts ami sterling worth, and scarcely less eminent m the political
sphere than on the exchange. Ills alllueiit fortune made his children
*'• ’• The youngest was the lady now departed Infirm i suffering
m health, especially during her Inst years, few persons of the im-M
vigorous i onstitution have (quailed her energy and activity. She lived
to diffuse happiness. Estei mlng that to be the lesson of Christianity. she
adopted it for the purpose, and looked to it for the cujoymeul, of life.
A ..irgi ( .u ie of k ndred found her luvarluhlv true to every occasion
lor sympathy, and every ortlcc of usefulness and kindness. In a wider
sphere among social equals she was seen ts the intelligent, cultivated,
warm-hearted, hospitable lady, filling With eminent propriety the
station which Providence had appointed, ami prompt in every graceful
Ion or courtesy nud friendship. Those who more needed her
good will have yet more occasion to bless her memory. To dependants
and to needy people there seemed scarcely a limit to her generosity,
evept that. Impulsive as i: was, it was uniformly coutrollcd liy
sagacious judgment. It Is an easy thing Tor the opulent to give, and
not trouble themselves with a thought as to what Is to be the effect
of what they do. This lady gave without stint, but she was ear. lul
•o know that her bounty was going to be useful, and to use the (briber
me. ms to make it so. II* r person il attentions wore more generous
thin her alms. She managed with rare j ract. nl capacity the affairs
of ‘he d.scouraged and perplexed, and spared no time nor jnilns In
tins kind of service. She jdsnued for the necessitous, the shiftless,
tin tempted and the d> sponding. She counselled, she cheered them,
-In taught them to res|>. t and dejiend u|>..|t themselves, she dc-qiaircd
of nobody, nud lost sight of nobody, whom she bud undertaken to
serve. Io gain her attention, which was v»ry easy to gain, was to
secure a life-long Uni Tutor. Nor only that; — her friendship wan u
sort of estate to be transmitted When the parents had no more need
of it, it wcut to the children.
Mciiuvvhilc, under nil tills miscellaneous burden, added to the
weight of constant physical weakness rind jrnin, she was uniformly
( heerflil and light-hearted. Somehow she found time for elegant
studies, ami the treason s of her mind contributed to the attraction
of her hospitality. She h.nl decided opinions, — with her kcru ami
penetrating good sense It could not be otherwise - ami she expressed
them with an absolute Independence that Is not common ; hut it was
without the slightest tinge of personal acrimony. She was at the
same time very confident ami very tolerant, a combination not often
disci sed. Vs her pr-.l mud ri liglou* convictions were the guide and
oy of her life, so she professid them with the frankness which was
■ lie of her elriracterist ■ traits. Ilut her humility was of the truest
Christian type, and the language of emit she knew not.
There are many from whose lives the departure of this lady lias
taken a great charm, to lie missed to their latest day. Many humidor
persons bid her farewell with a keen sense that they are never to
know another benefactor more sympathetic, more constant, more
bountiful, or more wise. j. 0. j..
t'roi'i (V* lloros D*n.r Aovmriiin. January |SV«.
ABRAHAM
"ABE"
KOSOFF
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1948 - 1957
National Coin Week Chairman (ANA) 1948
ANA Medal of Merit 1958
Farran Zerbe Award (ANA) 1972
Numismatic Ambassador 1979
Died March 20, 1983
/<*/.
ARNER
( 190-1
R. N. S.
KRETSRERC,
1997)
1948 - 19S4
COIN WORLD Auqust 4, 1997
Longtime dealer Abner Kteisberg dies;
major supplier to Egypt’s King Farouk
Abner Krcisbcrg, longtime numisma¬
tist and dealer, passed away July 10. He
was 93.
Krcisbcrg was bom in 1904 and
entered numismatics in 1944, after deal¬
ing in jewelry and precious metals. He
became the partner of famed numisma¬
tist and author, Abe Kosoff, in the
Numismatic Gallery, one of die largest
and most respected firms of the day. The
firm, originally located in New York,
was moved, in 1948, to Beverly Hills,
Calif.
He began to attend American Numis¬
matic Association conventions in Buffa¬
lo, N.Y., in 1947. Traveling frequently.
Krcisberg’s circle of friends included
such names as B. Max Mchl and Aubrey
Bcbcc.
He was recalled fondly by dealer and
longtime friend, Q. David Bowers:
"Abner was a very personable person.
He liked people and people liked him."
Krcisbcrg and Kosoff remained part¬
ners unul 1954, when both men formed
their own businesses.
Kreisbcrg’s own business continued to
thrive and, in 1959, he took another part¬
ner, Jerry Cohen.
Krcisburg lessened his activities in
1984, although he did not retire, and
continued to appraise coins in his store
in Beverly Hills.
During his career. Krcisburg helped
with the sales of some of the most
famous collections in numismatic histo¬
ry, including the 1,400-piece pattern col¬
lection of Lenox R. Lohr in 1961 and the
F.C.C. Boyd collection.
During the 1940s, Krcisburg was a
major supplier for King Farouk of
Egypt, whose famed collection sold in
1954.
After 1984, Krcisburg remained active
both in numismatics and life in general.
One of his favonlc chanties was the
Sunshine Camp for City Kids, a chance
for children stricken with asthma to
enjoy nature.
Krcisburg was also a member of the
Friars’ Club in Beverly Hills, where he
rubbed elbows with Hollywood celcbn-
tics.
"I was part of the family. He was like
a grandfather to me.” said Mike Molcnc,
who worked with Krcisburg dunng his
later years. "
"He established high ethics in die coin
industry.” said fellow dealer Harvey
Stack, "which should be imitated and
modeled after by all.”
Stack first met Krcisbcrg when he was
8 or 9 years old, when Krcisburg visited
the shop that then belonged to his father
and uncle.
Burial services were held July 12 at
Mount Sinai in Burbank, Calif.
Mr. Krcisburg is survived by his wife,
Gladys, two sons, Richard and Michael,
and five grandchildren.
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ABNER KRETSBERG
(1904 - 1997)
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1948 - 1954
Remembering Abner Kreisberg
The numismatic world
was saddened to learn of
the passing on July 10 of
Abner Kreisberg, long-time rare
coin dealer of the “old school.” Life
Member 181, Abner was presented
his 50-year medal at the ANA con¬
vention in Anaheim in 1995.
Although Abner officially retired a
decade or so ago, he still enjoyed
keeping in touch with his collector
and dealer Iricnds. From time to
time, he would stop in to see Mike
Moline, a younger dealer who runs a
coin shop in Beverly Hills not far
from where Abner’s store had been.
Abner was one of the “greats" in
the commercial sector of our hobby,
right along with B. Max Mchl, S.H.
and Henry Chapman, Thomas L.
Elder, Joseph and Morton Stack,
and others who have since passed
from this earthly sphere.
Born on May 28, 1904, he had
only a casual interest in rare coins
until he w as in his 30s. After dealing
in jewelry’, precious metals and other
items for a time, in 1944 he signed
on with veteran dealer Abe Kosoff
and became a partner in the latter's
Numismatic Gallery. Founded in
New York City in 1937 by Kosoff,
who had l>ccn dealing in coins since
the summer of 1929, the Numis¬
matic Gallery was a fast-rising star in
the numismatic firmament. The
company had already conducted a
scries of notable auction sales, be¬
ginning in 1940 with a consignment
from Julius Guttag.
From 1944 to 1948, the Numis¬
matic Gallery was a leader in the rare
coin market A generous share of im¬
portant collections and consignments
came its way, most notably the incred¬
ible silver and gold coins of Frederick
C.C. Boyd. These were auctioned as
“ 1 he W orld’s Greatest Collection” in
COINS &
C O L l. /• C T O R S
BY Q. DAVID BOWERS
1945 and 1946.
During the same era, the Numis¬
matic Gallery was a prime supplier
to King Farouk of Egypt. To finance
his purchases, Farouk dipped into
the Egyptian Treasury, but was re¬
stricted from spending SI 0,000 or
more without special approval. To
circumvent these strictures, Farouk
instructed the Numismatic Gallery
to bill him lor large transactions in
S9.999 increments, plus an addi¬
tional invoice for the balance. Hius,
a $55,000 purchase would l>c accom¬
plished by no less than six invoices!
Farouk was the firm’s largest
client during the decade, and by pri¬
vate treaty bought the Boyd collec¬
tion of pattern coins and other no¬
table properties for hundreds of
thousands of dollars (which would
be equivalent to millions of dollars
today). A side venture, Coin .‘Associ¬
ates, was formed especially to sell
coins to the king; Kolicrt Friedbcrg
joined Kosoff and Kreisberg as a
partner, in another side venture, this
time w ith Hans M. Schulman, a coin
shop was opened in Gimbel’s de¬
partment store in New York City,
and Joseph Silverman was hired to
run it. During the 1940s, the Nu¬
mismatic Gallery ran several ANA
convention auctions in addition to
its other activities.
In 1948 Kosoff and Kreisberg,
both of whom had spent their lives
in New York, decided to move west.
While Kreisberg held down the fort
at the old store, Kosoff opened a
shop at 8943 Wilshire Boulevard in
Beverly Hills. 'This arrangement
proved ephemeral, and before long
Abner packed up and moved to Cali¬
fornia to join his partner.
The first important auction con¬
ducted on the West Coast by Kosolf
and Kreisberg was held on March
1-2, 1948. It was billed as “A Memo¬
rable Sale of United States and Terri¬
torial Gold Coins.” The consignor
was Jacob Shapiro, a.k.a. Jake Bell, a
Abner Kreisberg, who passed away on
July 10, was one of the original authors
of R.S. Yeoman’s “Red Book."
S B PTl w H I K 19 9 7 •
T II F. N U \l I S M AT 1ST
1027
Chicago financier. Shapiro was one of
the first serious American collectors of
large-denomination gold coins ($5,
$10 and $20) of die late 19th and early
20th centuries, and over a period of
time, he lonned and sold several cabi¬
nets of these. At one time, he owned a
precious 1933 double eagle.
In June 1950, the Numismatic
Gallery' offered die “Adolphe Menjou
Collection. ” In actuality, most of the
coins belonged to Charles Al. Wil¬
liams, a Cincinnati businessman who
wanted to maintain a low profile.
In early 1951, the Numismatic
Gallery' relocated to 228 North Bev¬
erly Drive in Beverly Hills, where it
remained for the rest of its existence.
The store, which many old-timers
may still remember, displayed in its
window birth-year sets, proof coins
and other popular (but not necessar¬
ily valuable) items. Inside were glass
cases containing a variety ol coins,
medals, notes and other items. Re¬
ally rare and expensive items were
housed in a large safe with multiple
interior drawers. Partway back were
small offices for the principals, and
behind that, work and shipping areas.
Upstairs was a storage area. At the
time, North Beverly Drive was the
most important of die side streets (ott
Wilshire Boulevard) in Beverly Hills
(die fame of Rodeo Drive was still a
quarter century away).
From the mid-1950s onward, I
had the pleasure of knowing both
Abe Kosoff and Abner Kreisberg
very well, and talking with them on
numerous occasions about “the good
old days.” Both had many stories to
tell. Over the years, 1 had many
lunches and dinners with Abner in
the Friars Club in Beverly Hills, of
which he was a member. On occa¬
sion, his wife, Gladys, would join us.
One of Abner’s most poignant
recollections was of a trip he made
to San Francisco in the late 1940s or
very early 1950s. Faking a DC-3
from Los Angeles in the morning,
he soon arrived in the seaside town
of Santa Barbara, the first stop on
the flight. Since his San Francisco
appointment was not until evening,
he decided to spend a few hours in
Santa Barbara, and had his ticket
changed to a later flight. Meanwhile,
his original flight crashed upon take¬
off from Santa Barbara, killing
everyone on board. “After that time,
1 realized how precious life was,”
Abner later related. “The rest of my
life has been a gift.”
continued next month •
Remembering Abner Kreisberg
This month I’ll con¬
clude my reminiscence of
the late Abner Kreisberg, a
numismatist of the “old school." Ab¬
ner, along with Abe Kosoft, ran the
Numismatic Gallery.
Abe was the “front man,” while
Abner was the “money person” or
back-office partner. Abe went from
one coin show to another, shaking
hands and making friends, giving ad¬
vice to the ANA, playing golf with
clients, and the like. Abe also wrote
the Xumismatic Gjllery Monthly and
the firm’s auction catalogs. Mean¬
while, Abner stayed in the office to
take care of the financial end of the
operation. Abner had his own circle
of coin friends and clients, a some¬
what different roster from the many
fine collectors with whom Abe kos-
off kept in contact.
In February and March 1954, the
collection of King Farouk, who was
by then deposed by a military junta
and in exile, was sold at auction by
Sotheby’s. The venue was the Koub-
bch Palace in Cairo, Egypt. Abe
Kosoff, representing the Numis¬
matic Gallery, went to Cairo, where
he saw a numlicr of other Americans
in attendance, including Cincinnati
dealer Sol Kaplan.
Kosoff and Kaplan had liccn busi¬
ness acquaintances since about 1940,
and in Cairo the two became part¬
ners in certain properties bought at
the auction. "Hie Numismatic Gallery
partnership was fraying at the edges
by this time, and soon after Abe’s re¬
turn to California, he and Abner de¬
cided to go their separate ways. The
Numismatic Gallery, which was at
the very' crest of coin market reputa¬
tion and activity, was no more. I recall
feeling at die time diat die hobby had
lost an important pan of its tradition.
Abe Kosoft henceforth operated
COIN
c o i. i. /•: c
\S&
T 0 K S
BY Q. DAVID BOWERS
by mail from Box 456 in Encino,
California, a short drive over the
mountains from Beverly I fills. Abner
kept die Beverly 1 fills store, changing
the name slightly to Coin Gallery.
Abner retained most if not all of
the old Numismatic Gallery clients
in and around Beverly 1 fills, includ¬
ing many Hollywood personalities.
His store was a meeting place for
coin collectors and a destination tor
out-of-town travelers.
His long-term secretary, Harriet
Dworkin, usually was on hand to
give a cheerful greeting, while Abner
held forth from his office, where he
often kept a treat or two on hand to
show clients and visitors. (1 remem¬
ber seeing a plastic holder with one
of each of the four varieties of S4
gold Stellas of 1879 ami 1880. Abner
was one of the first dealers to make
extensive use of plastic holders to
showcase and display coins. Most
such holders were custom-made for
him by George Lcfflcr of Temple
City, California.)
Although I first met Abner at a
convention in 1954 or 1955 and had
bought many fine coins from him,
my first visit to his office was not
until August 1958. At that time, lie
treated me royally, and took me on a
tour of the Los Angeles area. “Have
you ever seen a hundred-thousand-
dullar house?" he asked as he drove
up North Beverly Drive. I hadn’t.
“ That house over there just sold for
a hundred thousand!” (It belonged
to William “Hopalong Cassidy"
Boyd.) I was amazed. (Of course, to¬
day, one could not buy a doghouse in
Beverly Hills for $100,000.)
Late in 1958, Abner signed as a
partner Jerry Cohen, w ho had oper¬
ated the Old Pueblo Coin Shop in
Tucson, Arizona. Jerry, his wife,
Sylvia, and two daughters moved to
California. In a wav, Jerry took the
place of Abe Kosoff in Abner’s busi¬
ness, and traveled more frequently
than Abner did to out-of-town auc¬
tions and conventions. The Kreis-
bcrg-Cohen partnership lasted until
the 1980s, after which each contin¬
ued the trade separately. Jerry, a fine
friend, passed away a few years ago.
Abner and Jerry handled many
important properties, including the
John A. Beck estate, the “Gainsbor¬
ough (Collection," the Herbert Bergen
Collection and more, and conducted
several memorable “Waldorf Astoria
Sales" in conjunction with Hans
M E. Schuiman. They set up a sepa¬
rate company, Quality Sales, to con¬
duct their auctions.
In I960 Abner telephoned me to
ask if I wanted to buy the Major
Lenox R. Lohr Collection of L^mted
States pattern coins, a cabinet of
more than 1,200 pieces, the finest
ever formed. Included were seven
different issues of the 1792, and
countless gems of later dates.
As unbelievable as it might seem
today, at that time there was very lit¬
tle interest in patterns. The standard
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reference at the time was United States
Pattern, Trial and Experimental Pieces,
by Edgar H. Adams and William H.
Woodin. Dr. J. Hewitt Judd’s book,
United States Pattern, Experimental and
r rial Pieces, would become widely cir¬
culated later in the 1960s.
With my business partner Jim
Ruddy, I took a plane to California,
examined the coins and found them
to be fantastic, hut learned the price
was the seemingly insurmountable
sum of $100,000. The figure was
reasonable considering the worth ot
the coins, but we didn’t have a
$100,000 balance in our checking
account. Abner then suggested we
buy it in payments, a third at a time
over a period of three years. The
deal was consummated on the spot,
and the patterns were shipped back
to my office in Upstate New York.
As it turned out, sales of the patterns
were rapid once we cataloged them,
and Abner was paid in full within
the year.
Later, 1 learned that Abner could
have sold the patterns to another
dealer at die time for cash on the spot,
but he wanted us to have the collec¬
tion. I never forgot his generosity.
Indeed, Abner was a very generous
person on many fronts, not only in
numismatics, but also with several of
his favorite charities, including those
relating to asthma research and to
summer camp experiences for city
kids. lie was a giver, not a taker.
A couple of anecdotes about Abner
will always remain with me. Once, he
and his wife, Gladys, took an around-
die-world cruise. Upon returning, he
said, “Next year we are going some¬
place else.”
Success attended Abner in his var¬
ious endeavors, and he was a man of
means. At one time, we were dis¬
cussing some of his holdings and
planning lor his numismatic estate,
and he facetiously remarked, “If I
can’t take it with me, I’m not going!”
Well, Abner finally went. On his
passing he left behind Gladys, to
whom he had been married for 62
years; his sons, Michael and Richard;
two daughters-in-law; five grand¬
children; two brothers; and countless
numismatic friends.
I will remember Abner not only as
a long-term business colleague and
the person who consigned to our firm
and directed our way many important
properties, but also as one of my fa¬
vorite people from die old-line numis¬
matic dealers. 1 1 is loss marks die pass¬
ing of a grand era in numismatics. •
WINSLOW LEWIS (1799 - 1875)
BNS 1860-1875
FOUNDER OF BNS
PRESIDENT 1860 - 1864
OBITUARY.
DU. WINSLOW I.KWIS.
' 1 1 ^ : s''Rnt of the Boston Numismatic Society, was born in Boston, July 8. 1790
and died at the residence of bis son in-law, Dr. George II. Gav, Giantvillc, Mass., Angus
1 ’'/’>■ graduated at llarvard College, 1819. Studied medicine under the lati
• M . D. ; .us decree in 1X22 ; went to Kurope soon after ; attendo
t!'.e lectures "I Dupuytren in Baris and Abernctby in London. Upon his return, begai
lie was for several years physician to the city institutions, am
man, le 1 him to t he study of Comparative Anatomy, in which his attainments were
remarkable. Mu: y of the preparations used bv the senior l)r. Warren in his lecture
were the work o( his hands, and we have been informed that some of the best specimen;
ot the Boston Socictv of Natural History were prepared bv him. lli‘
skill as a surgeon and a physician was well known, and his benevolence
humble circumstances was proverbial.
to th
* ise 1 1 1
■inch ernins to numt>cr o’er.
1 han all his noble, generous deeds explore. "
Horn rat •, v isitor t
,
"f t ie New Ln- land Historic (icucalo^ical Society lor four years. Oik
Numismati So iety. and its Bresident bom 1 N60 to 1S65
Mason, at home and
more beloved >y the fraternity lor his universal kindness, benevolence
He made several visits to Luropc, icsidcd for several years in
. ami engaging in literal v
American aitisis in flab:, ami
Several of our voting and promising s. ulptois have found in
s well as words, ami will miss his genial grasp and encouragement.
Wlule abroad he bad collected manvwoiksoi art. ancient furniture, engravings, books.
His collections of numismatic works and of papal an<
early Italian medals are of n ui li \alue
k ietv was of the most agreeable character to all it-
An ad delivered by* him. and printed by the Society, gave an iiniK*tn<
toils uicccss, and was the means ol its more favorable nolici . those interested in mn
pursuits.
1 took place at St Paul's Church, on Friday, August 6. and was attendei
I
l. c.
WINSLOW LEWIS
BNS
FOUNDER OF BNS
PRESIDENT
(1799-1875)
1860-1875
1860-1864
DR. WINSLOW LEWIS, t?~l *T~
Jon g kr. own and highly respected as a physician
and one of the most prominent members of the
Masonic fraternity in this city, died last night at
half-past eleven at the summer rtsidouee of his son-
in-law, l)r. George H. Gay, in Gnntville, alter an
illness of about three weeks. Dr. Lewis was born
in Boston, July 8, 1799. his parents being Captain
Winslow Lewis, a noted shipmaster, and Eliza¬
beth Greeiough, the daughter of Thomas Gieen-
ough, the manufacturer of mathematical Instru¬
ments. He graduated at Uaivard in 1819, and
studied medicine under the late Dr. John C. War¬
ren, taking the degree ot M. D. in 1822. He sub¬
sequently attended the lectures of Dupuyrren in
Vans and Abernetby in Loudon. Upon bis
return, he began practice in Boston.
He was married, Eeb. 22, 1828, to Miss Emelino
Ilichaids, daughter of Captain Benjamin Rich¬
ards of New London, Conn. He was for two years
physician of the municipal Institutions, three
years physician of the House of Correction, and
since Dr. Warren’s decease a consulting physician
of the Massachusetts General Hospital. His skill
m bis practice was great, and his benevolence in
attending the poor notable. His public career,
apart from his promiuence as a Mason, is stated as
follows: He was representative to the General
Con 1 1 In 1835, ’52, and *C3; ono of tho Cotnnun
Council of Boston in 1839; on the school commit¬
tee, 1639, '40, ’41, ’44 '45. ’57, ’58; visitor of the
United States Marine Hospital, 1856 to 1862; one
of the overseers of Harvard College, 1876 to 1862;
consulting physician of the city, 1861; counsellor
of the Massachusetts Medical Society; member of
tho American Medical Socioty or l’aris; president
or the Now Eoglaud Historic, Genealogical Soci¬
ety, 1861 to 1866, his successor being the late Gov¬
ernor Andrew. During several visits and ono
long sojourn in Europe, Dr. Lewis inado the ac¬
quaintance and won tho friendship of many ot
the most noteworthy characters of the time. His
surviving children are the wives of Dr. George U.
Gay and Mr. Arthur Cheney.
Bli. WINSLOW LEWIS.
! O 7 .V
The announcement of the death of Dr.
Winslow Lewis, though not unexpected, will
be received with unfeigned sorrow wherever
he was known; and he was widely known in
many diirerent walks of life. Ho died on
Tuesday night at the house of his son-in-
law, Dr. George JL Gay, in Grantvlllo, after
an illness of a few weeks. His age was
seventy-six years.
Dr. Lewis was a lineal descendant of Ed¬
ward Winslow, governor of Plymouth colouy
in 1033. lie graduated at Harvard College in
1810, at d studied medicine and surgery under
Hr. John C. Warren in Boston, and also, after
he Lad been admitted to practice, under tho
celebrated Abernetby in London and Dupuy-
tren iu 1 aris. He early rose to distinction
in his profession, and, upon the death ot
Dr. Warren, succeeded him as consulting sur¬
geon iu the Massachusetts general hospital.
■\\ bile engaged in his extensive, varied and
most successful practice for thirty-five years,
ho found time to educate hundreds of young
moD, many of whom are now eminent iu
their profession. To the suffering he was
indeed the good physician; and only those
who were under his care, and needed some¬
thing more than his learning or his skill
could give them, kuow the depth of his sym¬
pathy or the extent of bis generosity.
Ho was a scholar as well as a working
member of hU profession, and had a schoh
ar’s interest in books and the best literature,
lie translated from the French, “Gall ou the
“Structure and Functions of tho Lraiu,”
printed in six volumes, edited Paxton’s An¬
atomy, and prepared for publication an¬
other work on practical anatomy. He gave
many addt esses before literary and scientific
societies, in which are preserved tho fruits of
a wide observation and intelligent study both
ol books and of men. He was actively a
member of tho New England Historic, Gene¬
alogical Society, and of the Boston Numis¬
matic Society, and lor several years president
of both. 'Without seeking public distinction
he freely served tho public wherever he was
called upon, in the legislature, in the city
council, in the school committee, as an over¬
seer ol Harvard College, and iu the govern¬
ment of State institutions.
But aside from his profession his great in¬
terest was in Free Masonry, and it is no idle
form ot words to say that every Mason knew
him and loved him as a brother. lie tilled
every post of service and honor the order
could assign any one to, and until his vigor¬
ous health began to fail he gave to it iu re¬
turn his constaut interest and devotiou. By
his death the medical profession loses ono of
its most honored and beloved members, and
this community a citizen wilhoutjeww^---
BENJAMIN G. LOWENSTAM
1963)
/? 7
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY 1929 - 1963
LIFE MEMBER
1954 - 1963
VICE-PRESIDENT
1944
VICE-PRESIDENT
1953 - 1954
PRESIDENT
1961 - 1962
FHTIS COROKAT OPUS
To our sorrow, a great life has ended. Bon Lowenotan, our
immediate past president, has left us. It will be most difficult
to adjust to Ills absence. Ben was one of our uost faithful and long¬
standing maLber3. nio contributions to the Society, both as president
end menhir, hive boen outstanding and memorable* His gortle manners,
high intelligence and deep knowledge uon the fidrdration, the respect
and the lovo of all of ua. Ke merits indeed the reading of the First
Psalr:.
Blessed is the nan that ualkoth not in the counsel of the ungodly
T?cr etandeth in the vay of rimers
Bor sitteth in the scat of the ecomful
But his delight is in the lav of the Lord.
Respectfully submit ted ,
Robert R. Andrews, II
Secretary
m/inaUij.
‘ tow COLLECT OR, DIES
Lctioncil Numismatic Group's
Former Head Is Stricken
. . ai Convention: j I /
F' 'Vr/ A4 i h
1 Special to Tun >Te ,y Xouk Il'ruF.fl !
CAVPJNPOKT. Iowa, fug. 25.~
^ Charles Markus, nationally known
com collector and for thioo years
national president of the American
Numismatic Association, died today
nt Minneapolis, where he waa at-
I tending the convention of t lie assn
jj elation.
£ Mr. Markus was 79 years old. lie
’ resided in this city.
Mr. Markus was born on Jnn. 25,
1857, In Shak 'pee, Minn. After at¬
tending schc... them, he c .mo to
Davenport In 1R7G. He was niuii led
' in 1912 to Miss Pauline Mousr.est.
1 He retired ft. m bust . s twenty-
8 five years ago.
j For tho last forty years M .
5 Markus had been a coin collector.
f At one time h-» was reported to own
| on of the largest collections of
i coins and medals In * he Middle
jj West . Ho was foiced hv the depies-
!Sion to soil much of his collection.
Mr Mnrku v.ra a .ei ding his
* twenty-fifth c nse-mlivo convention
'of tho Anietu m Numismatic Asso¬
rt latiou when to died. He was the
l only member among 1.500 who
f could point to such a consecutive
! record. He h; <1 . used ns president
in 1931. 1932 and V. ' 3 Among
his posse dons was a medal to
i which was attached nineteen bars
i each design .ting a yer.i no had at¬
tended the national convention,
the fu l beiu ; attached in !;1IG.
St’rvHim are his widow, two
daughters, Mrn A P ! of Minne
apohfe and STrs. 1 1 . TT7 Dawson of
S t'tio, ard a brother, Edward
Markus o: Los Angeles.
Funeral services and burial will
take place in Davenport.
CHARLES MARKUS
(1857 - 1936)
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1928 - 1936
AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
PRESIDENT
1927
The daughter mentioned, Mrs. J. Pond,
is not our member Mrs. June T. Pond.
Per letter of March 1, 1995 from
Miss Susan S. Pond to Thomas P. Rockwell
National Namitmatic Groap’j
Former Head Is Stricken
ct Convention.
* O - *9 '2*?i
*-w*i *o i ■» y » T>-»*
DAVENPOHT. low* fiat. -
Charles M*-ku*. nationally known
coin collector *nd tor three y«* *
national president of the American
Numismatic AMociAtloa. died today
at Minneapolis, where he 9m* at-
tending the convention of the ee*.
clatlon.
Hr. llarku* was 79 years old. lie
reeided In thl* city.
Mr, Marku* «u bom on Jan. 2o.
1837, la Shakopee. M.un. After at¬
tending school ‘her*, he came to
Davenport In 187fl. lie wae married
In 1912 to Mlee Paulin* Mou*ne*t.
He retired from buelneae t»vcnty-
Iflve year* ago.
For the last forty years Mr.
Marku* had been a coin collector.
At one time he wa« reported to own
one of the largest collection* i of
coin* *nd medal* In the Middle
Woit. lie wa» forced bv the depr**-
«lon to *ell much of hi* collection.
Mr. Marku* was attending his
twenty-fifth conaecutlvo convention
of tn* American Numismatic A»*o-
clation when he died. He wa* the
onlv member among 1,500 who
could point to ,uch a consecutive
record Hr had served «- president
in 1931. 1932 and 193d. Among
hia posse talons was a medal t?
which wa* attached nineteen bars,
each designating a year he had at¬
tended tho national convention,
the first being attached In 191tf.
Surviving are bis widow, two
daughters, Mrs. J. Pond of Minne¬
apolis and Mr*, it. D. Dawson of
Seattle, and a brother, Edward
Mfirk’is of Los Angeles.
Funeral eervtces and burial will :
take place in D .enport.
BNS . . . 1.928-1 93fc
ermrwr"
I he A.N.A. and Its Presidents
Charles Markus (1857 - 1936)
Sixteenth President, 1927 to 1930
By
Jack W. Ogilvie, LM 93, Historian
The sixteenth president was three score and ten years of age when elected
and so became one of the oldest persons ever to hold t lie high office. I! fell upon
the rounded shoulders of this septuagenarian to guide the destinies of the Associ¬
ation through the financial boom of the lute 1920s, the 1929 stock market crash,
and to the brink of the depression of the 1930s. It is an interesting chapter in A.N.A.
history.
Charles Markus was born in Shakopee, Minn., on
January 25, 1857. After completing his education, he
removed to Davenport, Iowa, where he spent the re¬
mainder of his life. At the age of 35 he began collecting
by purchasing 15 pieces of fractional currency at 15£ each.
This minute start grew into one of the largest collections
of this series ever assembled. He later added large paper
money, U. S. and territorial gold.
Markus became a member of the A.N.A. on March 15,
1914, as No. 1754. He attended the 1916 Baltimore conven¬
tion and enjoyed the proceedings so much that he never
missed one thereafter. When Life Memberships were
initiated in 1922, he was the sixth member to enroll. While
never a numismatic writer, he did serve as chairman of
the papers committee for three years. His vast knowledge
of numismatics was revealed when he edited the inquiry
department of The Numismatist for several years.
He served from 1920 until 1926, a total of six terms,
on the board of governors, and was chairman during the Yawger regime. He
succeeded Yawger as president on August 25, 1927. Elected to ser\e with him
were virtually the same officers of the previous administration. Exceptions were
Charles Fisher and H. A. Sternberg, new board members, and Harry Rapp as
chairman. Such stalwarts as Boyer, Renaud, Wilson, Blake, Duffield and Wormser
were holdovers.
A 1927 membership directory was issued that fall, and in 1930 another more
elaborate version was distributed. Both contained membership lists of all affiliated
clubs and societies. The board of governors, acting upon a convention resolution,
withdrew the book containing the first six volumes of The Numismatist, as well
as several other rare books which had been in general circulation previously, and
placed them on a restricted list.
During 1927, John Rausch of San Francisco perfected a coin album with trans¬
parent slide windows. He was unable to patent the device as one had been granted
to an eastern firm. In March, 1928, the Beistel company advertised such an album.
Thus an accessory that hypoed modern coin collecting made its initial appearance.
The Scott Stamp and Coin Company came out with a similar album in 1930.
President Markus organized the California Coin Club, now the Los Angeles
Coin Club, in January, 1928. Michael Carey, a founder of the original Chicago
Numismatic Society, and Howard Newcomb, large cent specialist, were two charter
members. Markus organized the Dallas Coin Club in May, with William A. Phil-
pott, the paper money specialist, as president.
The 1928 convention was held in Rochester, N. Y., with 72 members registered.
Funds were appropriated for library books and the National Museum coins as well
Charles Markus
JUNE, 1966
725
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY 1928 - 1936
AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1927
PRESIDENT
Xoo
(Charles Markus, con't)
as for advertising and publicity. Two resolutions were adopted, one to popularize
the two dollar bill and another for setting up a grading system in advertising. As
in many instances, before and after, both failed in their attempted purposes. In
the election of officers for the ensuing year, very few changes were made. Farran
Zerbe returned as chairman of the Board. William F. Sunday and F. D. Langen-
heim were elected to the board Billy Sunday proved to be quite an entertainer at
the convention banquet.
The mint report for June. 1928, not only listed 10,000 Hawaii commemorative
half dollars, but 50,000 Oregon Trail pieces as having been struck. When questioned
about their release, the president of the Oregon Trail Memorial Association stated
rather vaguely that the Oregon issue was dated 1926. "There is no issuance of coins
dated 1928," he affirmed It also was revealed that 50 Hawaiian commemoratives
had been struck in sand blast proofs. Number 27 of these went to the A N A. col¬
lection in the Smithsonian, where it now reposes.
The reason the March, 1929. Numismatist seemed unusually thick was that B.
Max Mehl purchased a block of thirteen pages, devoted to his coin dealings and with
illustrations of his Fort Worth establishment. A record ud for this famous dealer
who gained fame as an advertiser. Elsewhere in that issue, another ad listed 1908-S
and 19<i9-S Unc. Indian cents at 25c each, and choice B.U. 1909-S VDBs at 20c each!
The big money story was the advent of small sized U. S. paper money. On July 19,
1929, 857 million pieces were put into circulation. The Chase National Bank opened
its money exhibit, purchased from Farran Zerbe, who was made Curator.
National prosperity plus an effective advertising campaign by the Chicago Coin
Club pushed the registration of members at the 1929 convention nbove the hundred
mark for the first time in A N.A history. Three hundred visitors attended and
M H. Bolender, widely known sales cataloger, conducted an auction.
David Harlowe. one of the five who met with Heath in the Continental hotel in
Chicago nnd founded the A N A . notified the assembly that he possessed the penciled
notes made for the minutes of that historic meeting. Later he forwarded them
to the librarian for safe keeping. Several times thereafter these notes have been
lost or misplaced, but each time recovered. They presently repose in the archives
of the Association.
An official act of the convention was to make the lamp on a history book
emblem, created by Past President Joseph Hooper, the official seal of the Association.
In the election. President Markus and most of the incumbents were reelected.
Nelson T Thorsen became chairman of the board, Edward Gilroy a new board
member, along with William A Philpott, who began an 11 year tenure ns a board
member.
The 1929 convention closed less than two months ahead of the famous October
29 stock market crash which overnight swept 16 billion dollars from the hands of
investors nnd speculators What was the effect on numismatics? Unlike stocks,
Inflation had not hit coin collecting and any reaction was postponed for several
months Editor Puflleld chose to ignore the headlines in the daily papers nnd not
one item or editorial ap|>carcd in The Numismatist. He preferred to use the space
for a few cliche items which hail confronted the organization for years Once more
the superintendent of the mint maintained there were no records of any 1913 Liberty
Head nickels having been coined Robert Lloyd, in an article, made an excellent
attempt to clarify coin grading by description. This problem remains unsettled, but
Brown and Dunn are making progress.
Reluctance by Congress to pass legislation on several commemorative bills
prompted David M Bullowa to editorialize the issue in the April, 1930. Numismatist.
He made eight constructive suggestions to alleviate certain practices that created
varieties ami made for low mintage. Before his suggestions could reach the law¬
makers, President Hoover vetoed the only such bill which had pnssed both houses,
the Gasdon Purchase commemorative. It was learned thnt the President’s veto was
prompted by a fact not known to Bullowa, the A N A, or collectors. 1 he govern¬
ment was "holding the bag" for $25,000 due for striking the 1928 Oregon Trail
halves, because the commission was unable to raise the money for their release.
Six thousand of the original 50,000 dated 1928 were released to the public - In 1933!
726
THE NUMISMATIST
t (Charles Markus, con ' t )
it came to light in 1930, in a Berlin, Germany, court, that millions of dollars
in counterfeit United States, British, and other national paper money had been
piinted and put into circulation by the Soviet Union. The November, 1947, Numis¬
matist reprinted a revised version of this information when it was disclosed that
400 million dollars in counterfeit World War II military currency had been put
into circulation by the same source.
1 he financial jitters of the nation had an adverse effect on the attendance at
the 1930 Buffalo, N. Y., convention. When only 77 members registered, it took the
Hives and visitors to bring it up to the 100 mark. The first souvenir program, a six¬
teen page booklet, was issued. In the business meeting, Treasurer Blake brought
out that the governors had erred in allowing coin clubs or associations to become
Life Members. He contended that the life of such bodies could extend to a thousand
years. It was several years before the practice was stopped. When it was pointed
out by Editor Duflield that lads under 12 years of age were being granted member¬
ship in the organization, and the legal matters attached thereto, the by-laws were
changed, requiring an applicant to be 21 years old or over.
A lengthy discussion brought out that the trust deed to The Numismatist, the
original Federal Charter, and other valuable documents were being handed back
and forth between outgoing and incoming otlicials. Thorson had the deed, Zerbe the
charter. A resolution was passed that all valuable documents be turned over and
remain in custody of the chairman of the board. Some of these historical papers
presently are missing from the archives.
When President Markus declined the nomination for the fourth term, First
Vice President Boyer also declined, followed by Second Vice President Renaud’s
withdrawal. This left but one nominee for the high office, a lanky, serious numis¬
matist from Rochester named George Bauer, who first joined the A.N.A. in 1892.
Perhaps those assembled had a premonition of impending danger the oncoming
depression might have on numismatics and felt the Association should be in the
sturdy hands of a veteran collector. Nominations were quickly closed and George
J. Bauer was duly elected seventeenth president.
The Markus administration was a successful continuation of the Wormser and
Yaw ger regimes. Wormser, still a board member, served as chairman on several
important committees. Thus, the policies and projects of the Association were
carried out. Interest in numismatics in the 1927-1930 period rose with the Dow-
.Tones averages, but unlike that statistical record, did not fall with the 1929 crash.
Among the 550 individuals who enrolled during this period were such widely
known numismatists as J. Hunt Deacon, William H. Sternberg, Sam Kabcalo, Felix
Schlessenger, Hugh R. Briekert, David Bullowa, M. Vernon Sheldon, Col. E. H. R.
Green. Stuart Mosher, and others. The active membership grew 193 members for
a total of 1,195. The Grim Reaper claimed two past presidents, Judson Brenner
and Harry Yawger, as well as 13. II. Collins, David Proskey, Frank C. Higgins and
T. E. Leon.
Markus ended his official duties when he handed the gavel to President-elect
Bauer, but not his interest in the A.N.A. Despite failing health and using a cane for
support, he made his way to each yearly convention. Disregarding the advice of
his physician, he arrived in Minneapolis three days prior to the 1936 Convention.
He felt that visiting and entertaining old numismatic friends was an elixir greater
than his doctor’s prescriptions.
Having all but proven his theory, he was calmly awaiting his turn to participate
in the opening business meeting when he was stricken with a heart attack. He
passed away the next morning, August 25, 1936, at the age of 79. Special services
were held the following afternoon so that the friends he held so dearly might pay
their final tribute to the man who went all the way for the Association.
2z>7.
(1832 - 1913)
William Mamin: Famous but Forgotten
Till \MIKK AN Nl MIS-
m.it k Association's I *>*>4
convention in Detroit fea¬
tured an cvlnlnt 11011011111* 1 n c 1 1 1 1 »c* rs
ot tlie Association’s Numismatic
Hall ot Fame, but W illiam I K
Marvin was not pictured among
the eiislirinecs. lie is one I lall of
Fame menihcr who tor a tune ap-
peareil to have l*oen forgotten
William I heophilus Rogers War-
Mil was horn m Boston 011 Decent*
her 9), I 8 12 An exceptional stu-
for academic excellence from the
Boston I.atin School lie gradu¬
ated Phi Beta Kappa from W illiams
College in IS'4 and earned a mas¬
ter’s degree in I8s~. I11 1 90 Wil¬
liams ( ollege granted him a Dm
tor of Humane 1 etters tor his
life of studv anil 50-vear support ot
William T R Marvin, numismatic au¬
thor and editor, was inducted into the
ANA's Hall of Fame in 1 984. He wrote
numerous articles under his own
name, but also helped others with
their work.
Ins alma mater.
I11 1822 Marvin’s lather, Theo-
philus, started a printing Business in
IN
NUMISMATICS
1 lit"* ’ ’ i .
4k* > :
....
■T PETE SMITH
Boston. Wtcr completing Ins col¬
lege education, W dliam joined the
operation, and the company name
was changed to I K Marvin A:
Son. 1 ogether they produced the
.Imrriu/H Journal o) Sumismatics
(AJS) for many sears. (The plant
was destroyed by tire in 18“2 and
later rebuilt.)
Wars in served in the military as
a 111 cm her of the New Fn gland
(iuards, and later as a sergeant with
the Vncicnt and Honorable Artil¬
lery Company, lie joined the Ma¬
sons in 185~ and was secretary of the
Columbian l odge for 30 years lie
also served as Senior W arden of
the (iraml Lodge of Massachusetts
in 188v
Marvin wrote a series of articles
about Masonic medals for the AJS.
In 1880 they were published as a
collection titled .Medals of the Masonic
fraternity . He also penned several
other works that included original
rescari li on medals, \mnng them
was “The Phipps- Albemarle Med¬
als," first published in the AJS and
later reprinted in l hr \umisviatist.
Although he wrote many articles
under his own name, Marvin also is
noted for assisting other authors
with various projects. In 1887
Charles W’yllys Betts died at age 41,
leaving an unfinished manuscript on
colonial American medals, to which
he had devoted years of study. I Iis
brother, Frederic, completed the
project, and Marvin, along with
Boston dealer Lyman Low, edited
the text, adding a considerable
amount of new material. (Marvin
was a close associate of Low’s, who
served as co-editor of the AJS from
1891 to 1907.) The finished work,
American Colonial History Illustrated
by Contemporary Medals, was pub¬
lished m 1894. (Collectors of medals
from this period now refer to the se¬
ries as “Betts medals.")
Marvin also assisted Benjamin
Betts, former president of the .Amer¬
ican Numismatic and Archaeological
Society* (known today as the .Ameri¬
can Numismatic Society [AN'S]),
with his research on Mexican and
Spanish-American coinage. Later, he
helped him write A Descriptive List of
.Medals Relating to John l ora jnd the
.Mississippi System, which was pub¬
lished in Boston in 1907.
Perhaps Marvin's greatest accom¬
plishment was the American Journal
of Sum tsma tics, w hich w as published
for four years ( 1 866- ~0) by the ANS
in New York City . A decision later
was made to alternate publication
annually between the Boston Nu¬
mismatic Society BNS) and the
\\s However, the BNS produced
the journal continuously until 1893,
with Marvin serving as an editor.
I11 1893 he assumed publication of
the journal, and in 1908 sold it
back to the ANS for $400. Marvin
continued to work as an editor
1582
\l w / s 1/ 1 I I s / • \ n r / Vf HER I V 9 a
(William Marvin, con ' t )
until Ins death.
^hn\m and his wife had two sons
•tnd two daughters. One son carried
0,1 hunil\ printing business, and
,MU‘ 1,1 ilu-ii daughters, Ih/abeth
* •*'<)l War\ in, married I lowland
" '""I "ii June IS, I'M v Wood, a
n“,ed numismatist and author who
s<- 1 v ed Iniellv as assoc iate editor ol
//’< \iitiihni,iiisi m 1009-K), learned
tnueh about numismatics Irom his
tather-in -law. lie also served as
associate editor and editor ot the
■ l/\ t I910-J0). (Kli/.aheth wrote her
lathers oliiiuarv that appeared in
the latter.) Wood was inducted into
the \\ \ s \ uiuism.it ic 11. ill ot
l ame in 1 969.
in is:: \i arvin moved to Brook¬
line, \1 assachusetts, and served on
the school committee from 1875 to
I 89 . \n active member and officer
Howland Wood (far
left), Marvin’s son-in-
law and widely known
hobbyist, became a
Hall of Fame enshrinee
in 1 969. Lyman Low
(left), also a Hall
of Fame member,
collaborated with Mar¬
vin on many numis¬
matic writing and edit¬
ing projects.
ot his church, he also belonged to
the Boston Society, the Brookline
I hursday (Huh and the Bunker llill
Monument Association. 1 1 is interest
in genealogy led him to study the
history ol the Marvin family and
serve as an officer ot the New Eng¬
land I listoric (ienealogic.il Society.
An honorary member ot both the
AN \ and ANS, Marvin also be¬
longed to the Boston Numismatic.
Society, Numismatic and Antiquar¬
ian Society ol Philadelphia and
the Societe Royale de Numismatique
de Belgique. He died on February
24, 1913, at his home in Brookline.
When I wrote my October 1993
column (“I bill ol Fame Seeks Candi¬
dates,” p. 1405), 1 realized my list of
enshrinees differed from the one
(William Marvin, con ' t )
7**4,
memorialized In tin. \\ Y I he ('.mu
W orld Alnhuitit and a 1WI article in
\ nmismatn Wzs list William 1 K.
Marvin as a member of the dis¬
tinguished group ot enslirmces, Init
his name and photograph were not
included m the exhibit at \ssocia-
tion headquarters.
In 1 M S 4 Hall ot l ame clc tors
were presented eight names tor con-
suleration Sheldon ( irroll anil
Norman Shultz (both "t whom were
selected) were new nominees. I he
other six names were carried over
from the I election; l.eoncl
Panosh and Marx in were chosen
from that group. 1 he September
l'tS4 issue of ll'c \umnwiitist an¬
nounced their induction on pages
IWi2-fi.l, slating that “William I .K
Marx in (|HJ2-lcMl) became editor
of the AmtruanJouni.il of \unnsmat-
The Hall of Fame exhibit at ANA head¬
quarters is popular with visitors.
n in and wrote Medals of the
Masonic Irattmity, later considered
the authoritative reference on the
suh|ect. \n outstanding numismatic
scholar, he became an honorary
member ot the ANA in 1*^07. I)r.
(Marvin’s] son-in-law, Hoxvland
Wood, went on to numismatic great¬
ness after receiving early instruction
from this learned man.”
The purpose of the ANA’s Hall
of Fame is to “perpetuate and en¬
shrine the names of eminent numis¬
matists ot all time.” While in De¬
troit, I talked to ANA officials about
Marvin’s absence from the Hall of
Fame display. The ANA recognizes
the accomplishments of William
T.R. Marvin and plans to place his
name and picture in the Associa¬
tion’s Numismatic Hall ot Fame
where they belong. *
Coin Clubs are Fun!
For trie nomo of
on ANA club m yoor area, coll trie
ANA Membership Dept.
&00/367-9723
( 13-85 - 1964)
DISTINGUISH! I)
NUMISMATIST
Dr. Harold Mattingly, (Mi.lv, who
died at his home in ( hesham on Jan¬
uary 2h at the age of 79, uas one ol the
most eminent ami distinguished mimis-
n>a t i st s not onlv of his own age and
eotmti v blit ol all l une.
His Ions .service in the British Museum
from 1910 to i'MS \e . > ^ devoted lo the
s, P olai n in u I a! ed held ■
i.;a or w oi ks the mo- 1
• » li ’out. oil to t’ e v it
! hr Homnn I nif'iu in
Ol wills'll lie produced
I 'U l aiul I 1>M) dealing
t he lane ol Augustus
entury \ i>.
stud', ot the Roman
coinage It is ill
large part due lo the
lo e and sieadv
stream ol Ins pub-
lieatams lh.it the
carher un-s ienlilie
and largely unerili-
ea 1 assembl i ye of
Roman coin u icr-
lal Ins bee a 1 1 ■ v-
lornvil into an m-
i re i ; ugly e \aei lus-
loi IC d a I’ ’.II atm.
w h i. h can be used |
no! tails In nun
n i 1 1 1 si s but also h
(It l)i \ 1 1 1 1 . i
I n om ' i a I ss a lu s
doe ue ol ( ''in
n, II ■ JrJi A I us, ,u ■
live sa ►! ume s be ! ss ee n
\s uh i lie j’enotl 1 1 oul
to the ends' lluid
lie was a.i editor of Ronnm Impciiul
Coimt^r. a somewhat more synoptic treat¬
ment of the material, and himself ssiote
much ol the nine volumes which have
appeared I liesc two great projects might
i s 1 1 v have been regarded as a hle's ssork,
but his bibliography contains another do/cn
books including the standard handbook on
Roma-,1 cotn.s. and several hundred articles I
oil numismatics and classical subjects.
He exercised a profound influence on the
development of Roman numismatics not
only through lus osvn personal achievement
but by his example and his assistance to
others. In the serv.ee of one of the major
coin collections ho was uniquely placed to
do this, and there arc few major numismatic
works of the last half century which do
not contain acknowledgment of lus en¬
couragement a id generous help. It was,
however, not to numismatists only that the
benefit of h i > knowledge and experience
was I reels' given but lo archaeologists,
ancient historians and ill students of
Roman civilization ; for lus deep learning
and wide-ranging interests enabled him to
eonTnbuto to t ie many facets of Rinnan
studies.
Harold Mattingly, born in Sudbury.
SulVolk. on December ? I, INS4, u.is edu¬
cated at the I .cy s School and at ( ionvillc and
('.mis ( ollcgc, ( ambiidge lie gained a
fil'd class m both pails ol Ihe ( la nc.il
Inpos with distinction in history and was
■ a wauled a (raven t’mvei My scltola. hip
I .oul the C hancellor's medal lor tin. us.
! After fn 1 1 he r study in Derm. my he enteicd
the British Museum in 1910, spending two
years in the Department of Printed Kooks
before Iran .fen mg to tile Idopm tnio.t of
( onis and Medals In tiie f irst Wor d War
he served in Ihe Arms from 1 ‘ > I I to |9|f>
and, billowing discharge bee disc of
physical unfitness, in the Postal Censorship
Km can until I f> | X
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1950 - 1964
HONORARY MEMBER 1950 - 1964
FAR I Y ROM AN COINS
lie had published before the war The
• < vil Srrvn r of li, one 1 1 909) and
< >i tlinrc i >! I nrii hi History ( I 9| 4 >. but alter
'timing > the Kritish Museum m 1918
Pie grcalei part ol lus publication was
levelled to n inii-matics. His major works
• '! the held m which his work made
'c greatest impact, and in which he hnn-
scil lel.oneil till the end a lively and active
i -'i t. was li e early coinage ol Rome. In
erics ol papers alone and in conjunction
with his colleague. Di I . S. (i Robinson,
the ti.uhtional dating for the early Roman
denarius was disproved and tile way freed
bn a revolutionary new date.
lbs work icceived widespread recogni¬
tion. lie was an honorary or correspond¬
ing member of many learned societies in
I nrope. and in 1938 the American Numis-
'Pc Society awarded him the Archer M.
I Innlingtoq medal. At home he was
aw.i ded the medal ol the Roy il Numis¬
matic Society m 1941 and served as that
pre ident H orn 1942 to I 'MX and
was appointed an honorary vice-president
in 19. >3. lie had been a vice-president of
t'»e Socie'y lor the Promotion of Roman
StuJ ,'s since 193.8. Ill I94(> lie was elected
lellow .a the Mulish Academy and in the
lotlowing year an honorarv fellow ol his
own college, (ionvife and turns In IVM
be was \ Ming Pudessor in Classics at the
l mversity of D ined n. New Zealand,
w Inch iccorded him 1 Ion. D.l itt in
I ' s\ II - was award" 1 the l li I . in 19(>0
lor sers ices t « > num es.
lbs wal'e predecea . . im. and he is sur¬
vived by three sons u.a a daughter.
FRED H.' MCDERMOTT (
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
- 1953)
1940 - 1953
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BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1 947 - 1950
January 4, 1951
Mrs. Elmer Merrill
960 Centre Street
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Dear Mrs. Merrill -
Our Society hae directed me to send you
it 9 sincere sympathy and regrets in the death of your daughter
Nancy. Her passing came as a terrific shook to her fellow
members in our Society.
We shall miss her for many things - her
cheerfulness, dependability and her qualities as a faithful
member. A good Numismatist, whe waB ever willing to help any
cause we were projecting, and her’s was a quiet kind of help¬
fulness. As you know, she served on many of our Committees.
Plea3e give Dr. Merrill and your eon our
sincere sympathy, and we hope that Time will eerve as some sort
of a palliative In your great grief.
Sincerely ,
Mrs. Shepard Pond
Secretary ,
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
PRESIDENT
1800 — 00th Y ..A It — 1050
SECRETARY
MRS. SHEPARD POND
JAMES F. CLAPP. JR.
Vice* P 8 eb idint
EARL V. TUTTLE
Treasurer
HENRY SCHUHMACHER
1 1 So. Fairvicw street
Roslinoale. Mass
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
BOSTON’. MASS., U. S. A.
2 Salisbury Street
Winchester, Mass.
Councillors-ay-Laroe
GIUSEPPE DeLELLIS
MAURICE GOULD
DORAN JONES
FRANK H. 6HUMWAY
The Boston Numismatic Soolety has suffered a great loss
In the death of Its member Nanoy Merrill, daughter of Dr. and
lire. Elmer Merrill of Jamaica Plain, Mass. Afctlvely sick less
than four weeks with a heart condition, Nanoy passed away Decem¬
ber 29, at the age of 34.
Her Interest In numismatics began during the last war when
friends sent her coins from abroad, and she became one of the
most ardent, Interested and
-Informed members of our Society.
She was a member, too, of the American Numismatic Association,
American Numismatic Society, Collectors Club, Boclety Hlefcorla
Numorum and the New England Numismatic Association. While she
had a large collection of Crowns, her great Interest was In coins
depicting animals, and her oollectlon of Roman Empresses was
outstnnd lng.
Vitally Interested In our Society, a faithful attendant at
meetings, she was a willing, quiet worker, and had served on many
committees. She will be well remembered and greatly missed by
those k/s us who had the privilege of calling her friend.
June T. Pond
CHARLES W. MORSE
BNS 1916 - 1931
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retired jeweler badly
hurt when hit by auto
Charles W. Morse. 82, 50 Marlon st,
Brookline, was seriously injured last
night when he was struck by an auto¬
mobile, as he was crossing Washing¬
ton st. at Cypress st. Brookline.
Mr Morse, a retired jeweler, long a
resident of Brookline, was attempting
to cross Washington st, when he was
struck by a car operated by Joseph
Alberti, 2 Crosby pi, Roxbury. He was
taken to St Elizabeth's Hospital,
Brighton, where he was found to be
suffering from concussion of the brain,
abrasion of the forehead and right
eye, laceration of tho mouth and lip,
and shock.
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Charles Y^. Morse, who lias died at nis
home, 20 Marion street, Brookline, was
up to the time of his retirement, three
years ago, a watchmaker and jeweler in
Brookline for a period of fifty years, his
place of business haying been in Harvard
square.
Mr. Morse was born in Grafton and he
was in his eighty-second year. He was
the son of Willard and Busan Ellen (Halb
Morse. He is survived by his wife, who
was Annie Cross of Jamaica Plain; four
daughters and two grandchildren.
He was a member of the Massachu-
- etta Charitable Mechanics Association
and the Boston Numismatic Society, and
a past master of St. John's Lodge of
Masons. He had long been attached to
tho Highland Congregational Church in
Roxbury.
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WALTER P- NICHOLS (1089 - 1941)
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY 1931 - 1941
VICE-PRESIDENT 1935
PRESIDENT 1936
TREASURER 1936
VICE-PRESIDENT 1940
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•iW. P. Nichols,
Acton, Me. Dies
Born in Somerville;
Noted Numismatist
•>o!s. S3. of Acton.
WALTER P. NICHOLS
Waiter P. f
, Me., certified puol.c a rcour.lant*
; deputy sheriff of York County. Me
■'....1 nationally known in numis-
I matte circles, die ; last nig it at the
™ Of Mrs. S. B Emery. ::: West
Emerson street. Melrose.
, wm lc held Monday at
“ * -I !: the Waterman C..„pel.
..er.ii. ore square. a.th the Rev.
i/cuenc Charrier of North Parish
congregational Church, Sanford.
Me. olflcla mg. Cremation will
follow a-. Pores: Hi!U Crematory and'
t.’.c ashes will be laid in Oakdale
Ccrnetcry. Sanford. Me.
Mr Nichols was born In Somer-
' iC “”d was a graduate of Siomcr-
j v: He High Scliool ; r. • Northeastern
nlvcrslty He w.u a member of the
. A°»"d of covet no ; of u»c American
>•*. . NumUmatlc Association. the asao-
4
illations district deputy 'rfoV''NeW
England and past president of the
Boston Numismatic Society.
I;i ^ju. he served as secretary and
HLst: ? r the Y . t County,
Me.. Tercentenary Coin Coir.mltslcn
wiiich .rued a half-dollar Ip con¬
nection v.:th the celebration. He was
re-elected ... . spi f .- r fourth
term as deputy sheriff 3f York
county.
He was a member of Wyoming
.x-Jge. Melrose; Waterly Chapter,!
.-clrosc; Boston Council; et
Bernard Commandery. Boston; Ecu
ton -Lafayette Lodge of Perfection'
senior warden); r les p. YatcV
Council of Princes of Jerusalem-
Mount Oliver Chapter of Rose Crobc;
Massachusetts Consistory, 33d
degree; and Aleppo Temple of the
Mystic Shrir.r. During the world
" ,r he scived w.ih Base IIosp/jil
44.
Surviving arc hLs widow, the
forme. Faith E. Emery, whom he
married In April, 1316; two brothers,
ernest I. Nichols of Auburr.dalc and
reward E Nichols of Arlington; an
uncle. Edwin M. Skillings of Ash-
bumhatn: ar.d a nephew, Arnold E.
Nichols of Winchester.
IL&tfc /°
U,1J,r rayrrootuit of ogiupulliy
io hcr.jjUi ny.jrrrrintrh uub
yr-.itrFaillt; nrhnotulrhnr b
Petals
Specialized in
QrnzuiienteU turning
Ey Jan Gollucci
Eagle-Tribune Writer
G q£,RTIJ ANDOVER - Warren
died^ f? JJ’’ 85, °f 316 Johnson St.,
i n U S^turday at Sutton Hill Nurs-
and Retirement Center.
lived01? 111 SUil}Cy' Mr- °6den had
m North Andover for 60
ears. He was educated at Milton
Academy and graduated from Cor¬
nell University in 1933.
According to Mr. Ogden’s son,
ar re{1’ of Connecticut, his father
was a leading authority and mem-
ner of the Society of Ornamental
turners of London and the United
Mates.
society’s members include
skilled and amateur turners from
H different countries.
Ornamental turning is done
with an instrument called a lathe
which actually turns the metal or
wood into ornamental designs.
"Dad lived and breathed orna¬
mental turning,” Mr. Ogden said.
"He collected and wrote articles
on turning. I remember growing
up, Dad made a lot of model loco¬
motives. He made a huge machine
shop in our house,” he said.
“There are still members of the
society in this country. He had
over 3,000 volumes on ornamental
turning,” he said.
Prior to his retirement, Mr.
Ogden was a manufacturing engi¬
neer in the missile sub division at
Raytheon Co., Andover.
Family members include his
wife, Helen Reid Ogden of North
Andover; son, Warren G. Ill of
Stamford, Conn.; daughter, Mrs.
Headier Bean of Petersham; sis¬
ter, Cynthia Fant of Michigan, and
two grandchildren.
Private services were held at
the Caron Funeral Home.
Friends may attend memorial
services Friday at 10 a.m. at St.
Paul Episcopal Church. Burial will
be in Quincy Cemetery, Quincy.
Memorial contributions may be
made to St. Paul Episcopal
Church, 396 Main St., North Andov¬
er, Mass. 01845.
WARREN GREENE OGDEN, JR. (1906 - 1991)
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY 1975 - 1976
(A superb machinist)
MRS. HELEN L. READ (1912 - 1992)
(About 1978 she re married, becoming
Mrs. Helen Ogden)
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1961 - 1992
Kenred from MIT
ReaTog™ ToSC ^
^yeIerdar;t0Who°irnSt-
North™! rflse<l and educated in
from JotaSo°nVHj'ghte19fTdUated
:',as .a member of the American
Numismatic Association. Before
her retirement, she was a chemi
mtca07£,at “assachusetts Insti-
le of Technology in Cambridge
r a 7 WaS the w’idow of Warren
G; Ogden Jr. and Edgar B. nZd
n 70avcs her stepson, Warren G
Ogden m of Stamford, conn and
Pefersh® rSVHeaUler Beam of
Grand h ' Cynthia Pant of
Banco i//6! Mich’ and Joan
Hattey of Apalachin NY
Pau|e7iCeSare,Frida>’atIlatSt.
“sr i
w from 2 to 4 and 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be !
Andover, Mass. 01845 &t’ N°rth 1
S - ie ~/9<?ZL i
2)2
813 North Cascade Avenue
Colorado Springs, CO 80^03-3279
719/632-2646
FAX: 719/634-4085
AmericanNumismatic
ASSOCIATION
Original sent to Ren Ogden
A copy to Arthur Fitts.
This is BNS copy.
September 4, 1992
MRS. HELEN READ OGDEN
(1912 - 1992)
Thomas P Rockwell
PO Box 512
North Andover KA 01845
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
Dear Mr Rockwell:
1961 - 1992
On behalf of the American Numismatic Association and the
numismatic collecting community, I wish to extend my deepest
sympathy on the passing of Helen Ogden.
As a collector and Senior member of the ANA for over 10
years, she will surely be missed, but I can assure you that
she will be long remembered by all of us in the collecting
community. I am certain you will find it comforting to
recall the pleasure Helen had in exploring her numismatic
hobby .
If Helen was a member of the ANA insurance program, or if you
have any questions about her collection, donations or
auctions, please do not hesitate to contact me or the ANA
Membership Department for assistance. We will gladly help
you in this or any other numismatic concern you may have.
Once again, my heartfelt condolences on your loss.
Executive Director
V
World's largest organization for collectors of coins, paper money, medals & tokens • Chartered by Congress
Sylvia Foster Page, 84
H ad Iqd Cr^rl $C0M^ C9U
Sylvia Foster fLardner) Pa^e of
Weymouth, former president of the
Mayflower Council of Girl Scouts,
died Thursday in Braintree Rehabili¬
tation Hospital. She was 84.
Mrs. Page was born in Provi¬
dence. She was a clerk in the Hing-
ham Ammunition Depot from 1950
to 1953. She participated in the Girl
Scouts for 70years as a member,
1 troop leader, and president of the
( Mayflower Council.
She leaves her husband, Edmund
L.; a daughter, Susanne P. Stretch
of Bedford, N.H.; and two grandchil-
• dren.
a. A memorial sendee will be held
at 11 a.m. on Nov. 1 in the Church ot
the Holy Nativity in Weymouth.
_ _ miji'aiiu,
NH and two grandchildren.
FOSTER PAGE (1913 - 1997)
ismatic Society, 1997 - 1997
ary member, 1982 - 1997
from the Saturday, October 25, 1997 issue of the Boston
had led Girl Scout' Council - Sylvia Foster (Lardner)
layflower Council of Girl Scouts, died Thursday,
ilitation Hospital. She was 84.
‘ovidence, RI. She was a clerk in the 1 lingham
) 1963. She participated in the Girl Scouts for 70 years
resident of the Mayflower Council.
r'dmund L., a daughter, Susanne P. Stretch of Bedford,
A memorial service will be held at 1 1 A. M. on November 1 in the Church of the
Holy Nativity in Weymouth. MA.
W
SYLVIA FOSTER PAGE (1913 - 1997)
Boston Numismatic Society, 19S7 - 1997
Honorary member, 1982 - 1997
I he following article is from the Saturday, October 25, 1997 issue of the Boston
Globe, Boston, MA. page B7:
Sylvia Foster Page, 84 - had led Girl Scout’ Council - Sylvia Foster (Lardner)
Page, former President of the Mayflower Council of Girl Scouts, died Thursday,
October 23,J in Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital. She was 84.
Mrs. Page was bom in Providence, Rl. She was a clerk in the 1 lingham
Ammunition Depot from 1950 to 1963. She participated in the Girl Scouts for 70 years
as a member, troop leader, and President of the Mayflower Council.
She leaves her husband, Fdmund L., a daughter, Susanne P. Stretch of Bedford,
NH and two grandchildren.
A memorial serv ice will be held at 1 1 A. M. on November 1 in the Church of the
Holv Nativitv in Wevmouth, MA.
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SHEPARD POND
( 1889
- 1945)
BOSTON NUMISMATIC
SOCIETY
1921
LIFE MEMBER
1928 -
1945
SECRETARY
1924 -
1935
PRESIDENT
1937
TREASURER
1937
PRESIDENT
1938 -
1 943
1945
Di; \ i ias
SIIITAKI) POND
On .May 2**'. Shepard 1 *< *i i* 1 of 2 Salisbury Street, Winchester, Massa¬
chusetts, died siiddcnlv at ill*’ Winchester 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 lie entered the
hospital the night previous hut had not been in the best of health for
several weeks lie was .»n v ar> ot age.
Mr. l'oml was the son o| llaiidel and Amelia Herrick 1 *• • i » » 1 . both
long residents c»f Winchestei Korn in lss'i lie graduated rnnn Harvard
in 1 'JUD and beeame associated wi*h the hanking house of Hayden. Stone
&. Company nl Host on In 1D2-5 he joined hi> brother, Clarenee II., in
the Ivors l’ond 1’i.ino Company, whieh had been founded by his
'
Company.
For main years .Mi I’ond was deeply nitoiested in the si nly of munis-
maties. He Speeiali/ed ill emus aiul medals of the Freneli Revolution
and Napoleon, and was considered by many « \pert> as the highest author¬
ity in this pnrtieulai field Ivarly Amerieati and Colonial coins attracted
his interest as also dot niiinism.il ie ilei s :
lie held memliership No !2 1 * • ^ in the Amenean Numismatic Associa¬
tion and had served on the board of govcrnoi lie was a former presi¬
dent and i^i rat or of coins of the I fusion Numismatie Society and curator
of coins of the Massaehn « -t t s Historical Soeielx Sim*e P* lie was a
member of tie eonneil of the American Numii die Society He was
also a memlicr of il New York Numismatie Clnh, the Sneiete Franca
de Nuini.smatiipie . Societc Kov.de de Numisin. duple de Kelgiipie; the
Numismatic Society of Australia am * lJoyal Numismatic
Society, London.
Ili.s untimely death is an it n » s to the entire numisinatie
fraternity ami one that will be keenlv felt hv those wlm were privileged
to know him
Mr I’ond leaves Ins wife, I lie I'oimei .bine Ai ne I noruton of Huston
a daughter Susan Shepard I’ond. and two brothers. Clarence 11 and
Dana I’ond
Among those attending his funeral services were Horace M Hrnnt and
Malcolm ( hell Frost representing the American Numismatic Assoc in
timi; Svdnev 1’ Noe represent ini; the \merieaii Numi malic Society;
and Henry Schumacher and -less, Klein representing the Huston Numis¬
matic Society.
bui lwiU) I>0\I)
n,SK F°?d °,f 2 Salisbury street,
the civif ^ ^ fami ,y long prominent in
trte civic and social life of U'inchi- ie,-
filed .suddenly Monday evening M ,v
“t' at the Winchester Hospital’ * iV
entered the hospital the uigilt
health bforHad ^i bCCn in th" best of
neaicn loi several weeks.
Mr. Pond was the son of
•>nd Amelia (Herrick) r„„l n’
mother s father. Moses A Herrick
a rncubei- of tlic original Water I)„aro
tliat laid out the North Reservoir
and gave to Winchester its success
(ul water supply system camT to'
Winchester in the late 'Go’s. Handel
Pond took up residence in town at
about the same time. at
Fcbri8PlS9«,WaS u°\n in Winchester
ine- at thb ‘ ’ m theJ10Use now stand-
P ct strem T °f Main Proa-
' Ham P ?S aJ r OCClliHed by Mr. Wil-
1mm E. Spaulding. He attended the
High Sd ordSCi!°0l-S and Winchester
Pigh School playing first base on one
torv’ofTh1 bal0ba,U teanis in the hl's-
toiy of the school in 1904.
Concluding his college preparatory
wo; k at Milton Academy Mr Pond
entered Harvard with the class of
, °* “o was graduated, with the
ccgiee of B. A. in three years and
wi°m 1909 until 1923 was associated
'Vth tho banking house of Hayden
.Stone and Company in Boston. Sinco
that time he had been with his |
brother, Clarence • II., in the Ivors 1
and I ond Piano Company, of which
he. was treasurer, and with the Poole !
nano Company, serving tin. latter1
firm as president and secretary.
Uurtng World War I he attended
the second Plattsburg Camp and
sened as a captain in thc United
Mates Army from November 1917 to
December 1918, acting for some time
as aide and interpreter for French
Generals iip this country
■ For many years Mr.' Pond was
deeply interested in the study of nu¬
mismatics. lie had written much
upon this subject and was a special¬
ist in, and authority on coins and
medals of the French Revolution and
Napoleon, being considered by many
experts the highest authority in this
particular field.
WINCHESTER STAR
June 1 , 1 94 S
He wus a member of tho Massa¬
chusetts Historical Society, serving
as tlie society’s curator of coins. • He
was also a member, and formerly for j
many years president, of the Boston '
Numismatic Society, as well as a j
member of the council of the Ameri- j
can Numismatic Society in New York, j
He was also a member of the board ]
6f governors of thc American Numis- '
nmtic * Association, a fellow of the'
Royal Numismatic Society, London; [
member of the Societe Francaise de '
Numisinatique, France; Societe Roy- j
ale de Numismatiquc de Belgique and j
corresponding secretory for the Nu¬
mismatic Society of Australia. Ilia
clubs were the Odd Volumes Club cf
Boston and the Harvard Clubs of Bea¬
ton and New York City.
Mr. Pond spent all of his life in
\\ inchester, excepting for four years
prior to 1940 when he lived in Brook¬
line. His'brothers, Clarence II. Pond
of Boston and Dann Pond of *New
York City, internationally known art¬
ist, still mnintain the family hom£ at
102 Cambridge street and spend a
part^of their time each year there.
Besides his brothers, Mr. Pond leaves
his wife, the former June Anno
Thornton of Boston, whom he mar¬
ried June 4, 193G, and a daughter,
Susan Shepard Pond.
Funeral services were held #on
Thursday afternoon at tho late resi¬
dence with Rev. Howard J. Chldley,
pastor of the First Congregational
Church, officiating. Representing the
American, Nujnismatic Association
were Horace M. Grant of Providence
and Malcolm Shell-Frost of Boston.
Henry Schumacher and Jesse Klein
of Boston represented the Boston
Coin Club. Interment was in Wild¬
wood Cemetery. .
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6 (,ii. , 194*5 • •
• i Uc i'j i o.xxo wing Vxi u«-.y
7/i(? Numismatic Society of South Australia
President and Members,
Boston Numismatic Society,
through ( courtesy of )
Malcoln 0. E. Chell-Frost
ANA .Dist * Sec. for Mass.,
Bear Sir3,
It is with most profound regret that I learn, through Mrs.,
Shepard Pond, of the passing of your d ist inguished member.
The late Mr. Pond and myself were correspondents for a number
of years, in fact going back to November of 1927* Since then I have
followed his numismatic record with interest and pleasure and regret
that this should now have ended. His deep and sincere love for
French numismatics is a3 well known to you all a3 it is to those who
have had any correspondence ?/lth him. His association with the
above Society dates back to November of 193& when I had great pleasure
in moving his election a3 Honorary Corresponding Member, and since
when he has contributed several papers. Through him too ( and
Br . S. Steinberg ) I have received various booklets and informaion
regarding your Society - to which I contributed my first paper to any
American Numismatic organization.
Even being so far away from you all, I shall indeed feel the
loss of Mr. Pond and miss his letters, with were full of numismatic
material of highest standard and an inspiration to others.
The example set by ?Ir, Pond in his labours on behalf of your
Society is one that can well be kept to the fore and perhaps inspire
others to carry on with the good work which he so excellently did
himself •
,7ith best wishes to all members of the B. N. S.
&?90CIATI0N
of AUSTRALIAN
AMERICAN NUMISMATIC
association
(District Secretary. Australia)
( 1929-1992 )
John L. Powers
Andover teacher o ^
ANDOVER — John L. Powers,
63, of Canterbury Street, died Sun¬
day at Lahey Clinic in Burlington.
Born in Haverhill, he graduated
from Haverhill High in 1946. He
also graduated from Fitchburg
State College in 1951 with a bache¬
lor of science degree in Industrial
Arts.
Mr. Powers served in the Army
from 1951 to 1953 and was a veter¬
an of the Korean conflict.
Mr. Powers also earned a mas¬
ter’s degree from Boston State
College and Staley College in edu¬
cation.
He taught industrial arts in
Hudson, N.H., Winthrop, and most
[ recently for 29 years in the Andov-
, er school system, retiring in 1990.
He was a certified financial
planner and was president of the
Andover Credit Union.
, Since his retirement, he was
, self employed as a financial plan¬
ner.
, Family members include his
wife, Kathleen L. (Joyce) Powers;
son, John L. II, of Andover;
daughter, Maura K. Powers of
Austin, Texas; sister, Genevieve
M. Powers of Hampton, Beach,
N. H., and Clearwater, Fla.
A Mass will be celebrated
' Thursday at 11 a m. at St. Augus¬
tine Church, Andover. Burial will
! be in St. Mary Cemetery, Law¬
rence.
Friends may call tonight from 7
to 9 and tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7
1 to 9 p.m. at Edgerly & Bessom
^ Funeral Home, 33 Pearson St.
Memorial contributions may be
5 made to Industrial Arts Schol¬
arship Fund, c/o Fitchburg State
1 College, 160 Pearl St., Fitchburg,
Mass., 01420.
Boston NumiAmat. ic Society
19^6-/960, I99I-I99-
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BOSTON NUMISMATIC
SOCIETY
1956 - 1960
1991 - 1992
GEORGE WILLIAMS PRATT
(1802 - 1876)
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
FOUNDER
1860 - 1876
OBITUARY.
MR. GEORGE WILLIAMS PRATT.
Mr. Gkorge Williams Pratt, a resident member, and one of the founders of the Boston
Numismatic Socuty, died in this city on the 13th day of January last, in the seventy- fourth year of
. s age, having been born in Boston on the 27th day of May. 1802. He graduated at Harvard
University in 1821. His father, William Pratt, came from Derby. England, about 1785. and for
many years was an honored member of the well known fit in of Boott <Je Pratt of this cilv. Mr
Prat: was an admirer of the beauties of nature and art. Some forty years ago the curiosiiy shop
of the late John Warren, tl.cn situated on the site now occupied by the Boston Museum was the
resort of many persons who were interested in Conchology ; he was a constant visitor and ’a favorite
of Mr. Warren, who, m the preface to a work published by him on Conchology in 1834, savs,
George Williams Pratt, Esq , I am bound to acknowledge as my patron." The prices of fine
and rare shells have far exceeded the highest prices ever paid for medals or coins. To own a
fine " Cyprx Aurantium or a ‘ Conus Gloria Maris'* was as much desired then as collectors of
coins of he present day arc to p» -sess a dollar of 18C4 or the rarest Washington cent. Collec¬
tions o! shells are not sought for now as formerly, but the beautiful and valuable cabinet, presented
by Ins late sister to the Boston Natural History Society, is in part the evidence of his good taste
and judgment I <-r many years lie has been much interested in Horticulture, and as a member
of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society he has done much to promote the objects of its organi¬
zation. ..f which he was one of its first members. IPs love of flowers and plants led him to
procure from abroad new' vane , and rarities, which were freely tendered to others interested in
die same objects. A short time before his decease — but a few weeks since — while showing the
writer the six fine portiaits by the celebrated Boston artist Copley, which adorn the walls of his
residence, he was as enthusiastic on their beauties as when years ago he was selecting the choice
specimens from the conchological cabinet of his old fr end Warren. In whatever situa ion he
was pU'ceJ, he was always attentive, courteous and obliging. The possession of a fine medal or
:oin was as much desired that it might give others an opportunity of admiring it. as for
limself. Time had dealt gently with him, and his amiability of character continued to the last.
Boston, Ftbi uary Jjt/i, 1676. . L ,
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FRED W. PRIOR ( - 1948)
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1931 - 1948
HONORARY MEMBER
1943 - 1948
Mrs. Fred w. Prior
354 WOLCOTT STREET
AUBURNDALE 66. MASS.
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Hod. John rhelps Putnam, ono of the Jmtlcos
c.f the Superior Court, died last night of pneu¬
monia, at bis residence on Commonwealth
avenue, alter an Illness of only threo days.
Judge Putnam was born at Hartford, Conn. He
was graduated from Yale College In 1&37, holding
high rank for scholarship In a class of which
Hon. William M. JAart*, Judge Kdwards
i'lcrpont, Professor Benjamin Hllllman
and Chief Justice Waite were members.
He took his degree at the Harvard I.aw School la
1S39, and soon after began tbe practice of la-'* 1°
Boston. Ho was appointed Judge of probate lof
Suffolk Ct'pnty in >Urcb. !»:?■ and in the org.tnl-
! sat Ion of the Superior Court In the foUowlnc ye\r
he was appointed one of the J'lsticee a position
he b< Id up to the tirno of his dealb. Upon tho
bench hi* Integrity, impartiality and uniform
ccurtesyof manner, as well a* his distinguished
legal attainments, made him a Judge most
acceptable to the baf and the community. Ue
was a gentleman of refined and scholarly tastee,
and has occupied many positions of trust. Up
to the begtnnlng of his fatal lllneae on Sunday
evening last, he had been In perfect health, and
appeared to hare an unusually vlguroua consti¬
tution as well as elastic spirits. Judge Putnam
was about slaty-two years old. He leivee a
widow, who Is a daughter of ths late Thomas
Day of Hartford, and two daughters, one of
whem U the wife of Mr Robert 8. Peabody of
this city.
JOHN PHELPS PUTNAM
(Ca. 1819-1881)
BNS 1860-1881
VICE-PRESIDENT 1865-1871
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JUDGE PUTNAX. Jflgf
—
The sodden death of Judge Putnam
creates another vacancy on the bench
of Massachusetts, which has In a re¬
markably sliort timo lost by death or
| resignation Chief Justice Cray, and
Judges Colt, Ames nnd Soule; and
comes as a sad shock to thousands of
meu who knew and esteemed him.
Judge Putnam hud occupied a seat upon
the bench of the superior court from its
organization in 1869. Before his pro¬
motion to a'judgeship he had acquired a
large business at the bar, and it was
business of the cleanest and best class.
He was a riaiui: junior ia oases of mag¬
nitude, and was ai-soclated witH the
leaden of that day, besides bating a
good independent bu.'iueiu- of his own
which, however, kept liim in his office
rather than brought him prominently
before the courts. As auditor and
referee iu eaj'es.and also a« a temporary
judge ul probate lor fcuflolk couuty, he
! served most acceptably.
As a judge he was most laborious
und painstaking, humane and lenient
1 towards criminal*, courteous and help¬
ful to lawyers. He was learned iu the
iaw. ILu knowledge was, to be sure, to
an unusual extent case learning, and
like many another ni$i print judge, his-
ability u> originate and establish princi¬
ples was somewhat deficient. But hie
extremely wide acquaintance with care*,
and UU thorough knowledge of all the
current literature of practical law, made
him. a most useful, as he waa always
a most faithful, and conscientious
jurist.
Oubdile of hi $ profession Judge Put¬
nam Was « delightful man to meet. He
losvd hooka and had accumulated a fine
miwrllancout library. lie was fond,
though hot ex< c Iv«ly mV. oi society,
and hud .» wt* of personal friend4. A
d< ’Voted churchman, he Was one 6* ”
most honor* < l laymen of the v
ehureln la rminy ways P*
public an well as a pis*
V -gr
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BOSTON
VICTOR A. REED (1876 -
NUMISMATIC SOCIETY 1939
_
Dr. V. A. Reed,
Methuen, Dies
Was Former Essex
District Examiner
METHUEN, Feb 24— Dr Victor A.
Reed, 73, a member of the staff of
the Lawrence General Hospital for
moro than 40 scars and former med¬
ical examiner for the fifth Essex dls- !
trlct, died today at his home, 10
Quincy street.
Services will be held Friday at 2|
P. M. at his home.
Dr. Reed was born In Dlxmont,
Me., the son of William E. and Eliza¬
beth ( Ferguson ) Reed, attended
Colby College and was graduated
from Harvard Medical School ;n 1803.
He did post-graduate work at the
Polyclinic Medical School and Hos¬
pital In New York and then began
practice in Lawrence. During the
world war, he was a captain In the
medical corps, stationed at Fort
Williams, Portland, Me.
He was a member of the American
| Medical Association, the Massachu-
i setts and North Essex Medical So¬
cieties, Phoenician lodge of Masons
and Bethany Commandcry, Knights,
Templar.
Dr. Reed leaves his widow, the for¬
mer Josephine Barlow, and a daugh¬
ter, Mrs. Alexander M'WlUlaras of
11 Chicago.
1942)
- 1942
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WALTER H. RILEY
( 1 Q? 3 - 1997)
». N. S. 1977-1997
Membership News
THE V C M I S \t .1 l I S T • S O T E M B E K 19 9 7
OBITUARIES
WALTER H. RILEY— LM 1 1 1 1
Walter H. Riley died on August 7,
1997, in Worcester, Massachusetts.
I le was "4 years old.
Born and raised in I loositk halls.
New ^ork. Riley was a labor rep¬
resentative tor the Lulled Paperwork -
ers International L'nion tor many
years, retiring in 1987. Me lived in
Worcester, Massachusetts, for 41
years and was a memlicr of St. Louis
Church in W ebster. He was a 20-
year member of the Boston Numis¬
matic Society, a charter member of
the Currency Club of New England,
a Numismatic Ambassador, and a
member of the Worcester County’
Numismatic Association and many
other local clubs, lie received his
silver 25-year ANA membership
medal in 1989.
He is survived by bis wife of 44
\ears, Constance (DiCiovanni) Ri¬
ley; two brothers, Joseph and John;
and nephews and nieces. Memorial
contributions should be sent to the
American Cancer Society, 7 Oak St..
Worcester, MA 01609; or St. Louis
School, Endowment Euiul, 15 Lake
St., W ebster, MA 01 570.
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1977 - 1997
CURRENCY CLUB OF NEW ENGLAND
CHARTER MEMBER
1976 - 1997
NUMISMATIC AMBASSADOR
1979
Telegram & Gazette Saturday, august 9. 1997
iOV»r<>i bcjiiu’jfiyl • ,
Walter H. Riley, 74
(TO fi- $ I'll
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WEBSTER — Walter H. Riley. 74,
of 94 Thompson Road, a labor repre¬
sentative for many years, died
Thursday in University of Massa¬
chusetts Hospital, Worcester.
He leaves his wife of 44 years, Con¬
stance (DiGiovanni) Riley, two
brothers, Joseph Riley of Hoosick,
N Y., and John H. Riley of Buskirk,
N.Y.* nephews and nieces. He was
born’ in Hoosick Falls, N.Y., son of
Harry and Catherine (Haren) Riley,
and lived here 43 years. He graduat¬
ed from Hoosick Falls High School.
He was a Navy veteran of World War
H, serving in Asia and the Pacific.
Mr Riley was a labor representa¬
tive for the United Paperworkers In¬
ternational Union for many years,
retiring in 1987.
He was a member of St. Louis.
Church. •
The funeral will be held Monday
from Scanlon Funeral Home, East
Main Street, with a Mass at 10a.m. in
St Louis Church, 15 Lake St. Burial
will be in St. Joachim’s Cemetery
Beacon. N.Y. Calling hours are 2 to 4
and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at the tuner
ai home. Please omit flowers. Memo¬
rial contributions may be made to
the American Cancer Society, 7 Oak
St. Worcester 01609; or St. Louis
School, Endowment Fund, 15 Lake _
St Webster 01570.
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August 7, 1997
Walter H. Riley, 74
WEBSTER — Walter H. Riley, 74,
of 94 Thompson Road, a labor repre¬
sentative for many years, died
Thursday in University of Massa¬
chusetts Hospital, Worcester.
He leaves his wife of44 years, Con¬
stance (DiGiovanpi). Riley; two
brothers, Joseph Ril^y of Hoosick,
N.Y., and John H. Riley of Buskirk,
N.Y.; nephews and nieces. He was
born in Hoosick Falls, N.Y., son of
Harry and Catherine (Haren) Riley,
and lived here 43 years. He graduat¬
ed from Hoosick Falls High School.
1 le was a Navy veteran of World War
II, serving in Asia and the Pacific.
Mr. Riley was a labor representa¬
tive for the United Paperworkers In¬
ternational Union for many years,
retiring in 1987.
He was a member of St. Louis
Church.
The funeral will be held Monday
from Scanlon Funeral Home, East
Main Street, with a Massat 10a.m. in
St. Louis Church, 15 Lake St. Burial
will be in St. Joachim’s Cemetery,
Beacon, N.Y. Calling hours are 2 to 4
and7to9p.m. tomorrow at the funer¬
al home. Please omit flowers. Memo¬
rial contributions may be made to
the American Cancer Society, 7 Oak
St., Worcester 01609; or St. Louis
School, Endowment Fund, 15 Lake
St., Webster 01570.
JAMES EDWARD ROOT
BNS 1870 - 1875
LIFE MEMBER
OBITUARY.
MR. JAMES EDWARD ROOT.
Mr. James Edward Root, a resident member of the Boston Numismatic Society, died
suddenly of heart disease, at his summer residence, Bristol. Conn., September 20, 1875. He
had formed a valuable collection of books, many of them being profusely illustrated, one of
which. “ Hillard s Life of Professor Ticknor, was not completed at the time of Mr. Root's death.
His Cabinet of Medals and Coins contained many very fine and valuable pieces. Among his
curiosities was the famous original Pen and Ink picture of the '* Rat Catcher," bv Carter; a \ery
large Seal in Jade, belonging to the Emperor of China, taken from his palace during the war w ith
the English ; and a beauniul Carnclian heal, belonging to the late Duke of Wellington, bearing
his arms. His collection of Autograph Letters and Manuscripts were valuable — among the latter
was that of Man- Cow den Clarke’s “Concordance of bhakspearc," and Chailes Dickens's story of
“Hunted Down," with a fine autograph letter of the author to Mr. K. and his family. He had
given great attention to his collection of finely engraved Portraits, which is one of the best in the
country. The follow ing tribute to his worth and memory is taken from the Boston Daily Advertiser
of September 25, 1875 : “James E. Root, Esq., whose funeral was so largely attended yesterday,
was a man of mark in the literary and business world, llis curious and excellent taste in matters
of high art gave him place among the connoisseurs. His strict integrity in mercantile dealing won
for him an honored name with his business associates. He was generous and urbane, an excellent
friend, a delightful companion. He was an aspiring man. His standard of men, and books, and
art was very high. Mr. Root was the possessor of some of the rare manuscripts, autographs and
engravings of the world. In an especial manner his collection of engraved portraits was prized as
one of the largest and most valuable in private hands in America. The intimate acquaintance of
such men is not readily made, and only those who can appreciate the motives that influenced him
can understand the extent of the loss they have sustained. He was unostentatious but intellectual,
undemonstrative but refined and courteous, and those who knew him best arc to be his real
mourners, for they Ibvcd him most. "
James E. Root, esq., whose funeral wav so
largely attended yesterday, was a man of
mark In the llteraiyand business world. His
curious and excellent taste in matters of high
art gave him place among the connoisseurs.
His strict integrity in mercantile dealing won
for him an honored name with his business
associates. Ifc was generous and urbane, an
excellent friend, a delightful companion.
He was an aspiring man. His stand¬
ard of men and books and art was very
high. Mr. Root was the possessor of some
of the rare manuscripts, autographs and en¬
gravings of the world. In an especial man¬
ner his collection of engraved portraits was
prized as one of the largest and most valua¬
ble in private bauds in America. The inti¬
mate acquaintance of such men is not readi¬
ly made, aud only those who ean appreciate
the motives that influenced him can under¬
stand the extent of the loss they have sus-
lained. He was unostentatious but intellec¬
tual, undemonstrative but relined and cour¬
teous, and those who knew him best are to be
bis real mourners, for they loved him most.
(fortha Trsnurrtot.}
JANE* K. BOOT.
James E. Root of Boston, whose doallj at
Iirlstow, Conn., wav recorded Id r«vf torday's
Transcript, wav a man of exquisitj tavto In
rtirnrd to engraving* and books, m^re es¬
pecially engraved portraits, of which ho had
n valuable collection, prabaMy the largest <»f
any American collector, with Che exception
perbaos of ofie or two in Now York. In all
the largo cities of Europe ho hod agents on
(he lookout for rare engravings, autographs
and manuscripts. Among his treasures wore
the manuscripts of Mary Cow Ion Clarke's
“Concordance to ShakHpoaro'* and Dickens's
story of “Hunted Down," the only story that
author ever contributed to an Amoricsu
pnpei. Of a gravo, Intellectual naturo, mod¬
est withal, much given to charity, with a
deep knowledge of books and men, and pos¬
sessed of rare judgment, be spent the fortune •
he bad made by bis twn efforts royally.
None will regret his loss more tban the book¬
sellers in whose storos he loved to linger and
to chat. lie was a fine specimen of the well-
read, cultivated and Highly polished Ameri¬
can. _ j, o. c.
EDWARD EMERY SHEPARDSON
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
VICE-PRESIDENT
(1862-1928)
1916-1928
1926-1928 (died in office)
BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT
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Well-Known Numismatist
Edward E. Shepardson, Who Died at
Somerville, Was Authority on United
States Copper Coins
Edward Emery Shepardson, whose
death was briefly announced a few days
ago was known in numismatic circles
throughout the country, and his home
was at 152 Lowell street, Somerville,
where he had resided for the past six¬
teen years. Funeral services were con-
j ducted by Rev. George E. Heath, D. D.,
pastor of the College Avenue Methodist
Episcopal Church, Sunday afterenoon,
and burial is at Pike, n. H., today. Mr.
Shepardson was born in Newbury Yt.,
May 20, 1862, the son of Simeon and
Lavinia Shepardson His early boyhood
was spent in Newbury and later in
Watertown and Camden, Me. On Sept.
29. 1873 he married Adella Manson of
Pike, N. H.t and settled in that town,
where ho had charge of a creamery, lie
later became a salesman for creamery
supplies, living first in Plymouth, N. H.,
and later in Somerville.
Mr. Shepardson became interested in
numismatics several years ago and was
an authority on United States copper
coins. At the time of his death he was
j vice-president of the Boston Numismatic
Club. He wras also a member of the
American Numismatic Association, the
Suburban Stamp Society of Boston,
Grafton Lodge of Masons, of Haverhill,
N. H., Highland Chapter, Order of the
Eastern Star, of Somerville, the United
Commercial Travelers, and the Somer¬
ville Sons and Daughters of New Hamp¬
shire.
Besides his wife he is survived by a
son, Ross A. Shepardson of Newton, two
•daughters, Mrs. Truell Emerson and Miss
Reta B. Shepardson, both, of Somerville;
three grandchildren, and a brother,
Frank A. Shepardson of Los Angeles,
'Calif. _
PHILIP S. SPRAGUE
(1829 - 1874)
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1860 - 1874
Mr. Philip S. Spragi i . a resident member of the Boston Numismatic Society,
died at Montpelier, Vt., his native place, on the sixth dav of August last, in ihc forty-
fifth year of his age. We have received from an intimate friend of his the following
notice of our late member : — "About 1862 he commenced the study of Entomology
with me at the State Cabinet of Natural History, displaying a marked taste for the
Lepidoptera, and during the intervals of his business made considerable progress in
biological investigations, as well as in the technology of the science. Circumstances
soon induced him to direct his attention chiefly to the Coleoptera, and here his assiduity
in making collections, his accuracy 111 the determination of species, and his studies in
the microscopic anatomy of thisorder, gave his opinions weight among naturalists. His
keen appreciation of the labors of his predecessors, and his love of neatness and method
evinced themselves in all that he did. At the time of his death he had been for some
months a valuable assistant and member of the Boston Society of Natural History,
where many of his works remain to speak for themselves. Among his associates there,
he was distinguished for his geniality of manner and never failing readiness to assist
younger students. At the time of his death his fame and foreign correspondence were
somewhat extended, and he was actively engaged in the preparation of materials for an
illustrative cabinet of the Natural History of his native State. He had published from
time to time in the Canadian Entomologist and the Proceedings of the Natural History
Society carefully elaborated results of his work, and contributed to various other
periodicals devoted to his favorite branch of investigation. His fine private cabinet of
insects, principally of the Coleopterous Order, in accordance with his expressed deter¬
mination, forms a part of the Museum of the Society to which he was attached, and is in
itself no mean monument to his memory.'’ f, g, s.
Mr. Sprague was elected a member of this Society, May 5, i860.
Well-known numismatist
Norman Stack dies at 64
Norman C. Stack, 64, died Nov. 6 at
North Shore Hospital in Long Island,
NY.
A managing partner of the numis¬
matic firm that bears his family’s name,
Mr. Stack began his career with the
company in 1945.
He wrote his first auction catalog in
1946, and soon established himself as an
authority in that field. At the time of his
death, Mr. Stack served as editor and
managing coordinator for all publica¬
tions issued by Stack’s.
In 1947, Stack was named as a partner
in the company along with his late
brother, Benjamin, and his cousin, Har¬
vey Stack.
His accomplishments were not lim¬
ited to writing, as Mr. Stack supervised
the formation of several renowned col¬
lections. He served as an appraiser and
adviser on coin valuations tor the U.S.
Treasury Department, the Smithsonian
Institute, the American Numismatic
Society, and the American Numismatic
Association.
Mr. Stack and other members of the
Stack family were co-recipients of the
American Numismatic Association’s
Medal of Merit in 1982.
“The firm will miss him greatly, not
only for his numismatic skills, but
equally for his warmth and understand¬
ing of people," said Stack’s cataloger
George Cuhaj. “His office door was
always open to discuss coins or personal
matters when the need arose.”
“On behalf of the ANA board of gov¬
ernors and members, we will sincerely
miss Norman Stack," said ANA presi-
Norman C. Stack
dent Edward C. Rochettc. “He not only
brought respect to Stack’s, but to the
entire numismatic community.”
Mr. Stack is survived by his wife,
Elaine Jackson Stack; a son, Ronald
Stack of New York City; three daugh
ters, Brenda Freed of Orange Village,
Ohio; Diana Unger of Levittown, N.Y.;
Claudia Strobing of Roslyn, N.Y.; eight
grandchildren; and his mother, Rose
Stack of New York City.
Memorial contributions for cancer
research may be sent to the Don Monti
Memorial Research Foundation, North
Shore University Hospital, Manhasset,
NY 11030.
NORMAN C. STACK (1928 - 1992)
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1948
1957
MORGAN H.
STAFFORD
( 1 873
1940)
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M. H. Stafford
Of Newton Dies
Retired Broker
Was Genealogist
Morgan H. Stafford. 67. of 343 '
Cabot street. Newtcnvllle. retired ,
investment broker end genealogist,!
died yesterday at Newton Hospital
after a brief Illness.
A native of Marquette. Mich., he
wsj In the Investment business In;
Boston for 20 years, retiring 10 years
ago to devote hla full time to gene¬
alogy. which he had been Interested
in for many years. He had pub- 1
llshed books on several family names'
and was about to publish one on the
Kidder family at the time of hLs
I death. He was also compiling data
on the Thorndike family.
He was a member of the New
England Historical Society, several
Masonic orders, the Sons of the
American Revolution. Society of the
Mayflower Descendants, Society of
Colonial Wars, the Lawrence Men's
Club of St. Paul's Cathedral In Bos¬
ton. and 8L John's Episcopal
Church In Newton. During the
world war he served with the Red
Cross as a captain In Rome.
He leaves hls widow, Mrs. Eliz¬
abeth Stafford; two brothers, Wal¬
ter of Waban and Edward of Pa/a-
dena. Calif.; and a nephew, the
Rev. Dr. Russell H. Stafford of the
Old South Church In Boston.
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MORGAN H. STAFFORD
I Ml ( i c it has lost one of its kindliest
characters in the passing aw.iv of
Morgan H. Stafford, hollowing an
illness of several weeks he died on
Wednesday, November 2»<, at New
ton villc, at the age of sixty-seven.
Previous to his retirement from busi
ness about ten sears ago. Mr. Stafford
had maintained hi s own investment
business in Roston. Of late years he
I f i s interest in, and lm lose for. The
Roston C ity ( lub was vers great. In
fact, one das before lm death he had
written to the ( lub concerning a friend
of Ins whom he was about to propose for
membership.
His mans’ friends in the C lub will
miss very greatly a warmhearted, cour¬
teous gentleman who was at all times
eager and anxious to be of assistance in
the various activities of the C lub.
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
TREASURER
SECRETARY
VICE-PRESIDENT
PRESIDENT
1917-1940
1929-1935
1936-1937
1938-1939
1940-
(died in
office)
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CLINTON II. STEARNS RITES
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„ion Avp.. 1 .1 nihridKO,
'• Lowell Robinson. Notice
IV “r!ofT Hyde- In Rrook-
.vldow ,;f ,Willlams Hyde Sllshy.
F, " r , n M SHsby, i„ her Stlth year.
11,0 Chapel f‘f "’e liar-
' h- Harvard St., ftrookhne. on
2 P M Helm, MM and
'VakedeM. Kudd-nlv.
i-e icet 1, ' n- 75 yeno Kiin-ra!
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1 i»'naji i n \ i t €vtj .
H a mmnpil Moore- m Dro-.lcIliK
•oon.1 Moor© Whitn.y. ,0n of
^ ^ T-»aijra Loffi ngwell
“rvices at his horn*.
'Tuesday, D«*«\ \ ■,
Rites for ' Captain Clinton H.
Stearns, for many years associated
with the leather firm of Lucius
Beebe & Sons, 'Boston, will be held
tomorrow at 3 P.M. in the Lakeside
Cemetery chapel, Wakefield. Rev.
Austin Rice of the Wakefield Con¬
gregational Church will conduct the
services and burial will be in the
Lakeside Cemetery.
Mr. Stearns died yesterday at his
home, 06 Prospect street, Wakefield,
m his seventy-sixth year. He was
a member of Company A, 6th Massa¬
chusetts Regiment, and the 9.29ers
Angelo*. 1
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of the Wakefield Congregational
Church
CLINTON H. STEARNS (1860
BNS
1907
1936
FOSTER STEARNS
(
1956)
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY 1916 - 1956
HONORARY MEMBER 1924 - 1956
VICE-PRESIDENT 1917 - 1920
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STEARNS
(1804 - 1872)
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1860 - 1872
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I'm I" subject of the following obit nary notice was one of the fn-t Nuniism :ic
Collectors in this vicinity, as well as one of the earliest members of this Society. Ibis
notice of him was prepaid bv a College classmate. — | Isos.
Y. ilijam (i<5rdon Sri akns was born in ( hchnsf >rd, Mass., Novi mber 2 a iSo.j. lb was
the only son of Asahcl Stearns, Professor of Law in Harvard UnivciUty. liis mother, Ivan, cs
Wentworth, was the daughter of Benjamin Whitney, of Mollis, high shot ill of Hill
County, N. H. lie entered Harvard Colleg n 1S20, graduated in 1 .• mg .. re j ect bl
rank for scholarship, and always esteemed by the Faculty and by his fellow students, for the
excellent and substantial qualities of his niinrl and character, though his native reserve and
shyness made him less known than he deserved to be. On leaving C
to the study of the law, and received the degree of LI,. P. in 182
liege he devoted himself
uul he then began lie
practice of his profession in Poston, and in 1S34 entered into paitnership with Thcoplnias
Parsons, Esq., now Professor of Law in Harvard University.
In 1844 he accepted the Stewardship of Harvard College. He held this office for twenty-
six years, till the autumn of 1870, when, with a presentiment of coming evil, he sent in his
resignation, after a most diligent, faithful, judicious and acceptable performance of the duties
of his place. In December of that year, after imprudent exposure on a very cold and windy
day, he was suddenly seized with a paralytic affection which deprived him of the power of
speech, and, to some extent, of the use of his limbs, and of his mental faculties. From this he
never recovered. After more than a year of trial and suffering under his disease, he was at
length released from his prison in the flesh, January 31, 1872, at the age of 67.
Mr. Stearns, inheriting much of his excellent father’s nature, was a man of sound intellect
and judgment, cultivated by reading and meditation, and of sterling qualities of mind and
heart. \\ ithout brilliant gifts and of a modest and retiring disposition, he was not destined to
shine in the world. His life was a quiet and uneventful one. He preferred a quiet and unshowy
career, and w as content with the tranquil usefulness of his lot. Though he never sought society
and confined himself to his office and his solitary home, there was no lack in him of kindness
or sympathy. And those who knew him found him a genial companion and a faithful ftiend
Under his outward reserve beat a warm and generous heart, ever ready to help in time of need
StriCI accuracy, fidelity to his trusts, a high sense of honor, the most' scrupulous integrity and
conscientiousness marked all the afls of his life. He was a man of a reverent and 'religious
natuie, yet in this, as in other rcspcCte, reticent and undemonstrative, feeling more than hc'said
We part from him as one of the true men, who, in a life of quiet and steady service, have done
well their part on earth, and entered, we trust, on higher and happier work in some other of the
“many mansions ” of our “ Father’s house.” w N
Cambridge, Feb. 29, 1S72.
HORATIO ROBINSON STORER
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
HONORARY MEMBER
( -1922)
1908-1922
1908-1922
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talcolm Stover's death has left to
Ljiy and friends delightful memo*
■ t life well lived and of a charming
klitv. The third in, a line of dis-
k i physicians, ho maintained the
raditions of the medical profes
Jtid as a collector of coins
[ which avocation
U,,! to lay down
Jf'c, ho
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Physician Dies
and med-
he turned when,
the cares of his
was widely known and was
ns an authority. But only
— Chum he admitted to close intimacy
fully appreciate the high character
Be rare qualities of the man. His1
wisdom made him a. most charm-
ipnnion. and his kindly and sympa-
_. jnl(>rest in others attracted a
& ]0yal friends. His mind never
elasticity of youth and, owing
adaptability to changing cir*
IHtiivs. his circle of friends was
w uing. "While he had the ea-
ifor full appreciation of the joys
iiirt its slings and arrows witli
|*i mg fortitude and patience. Al-
" r„. stilTen d from angina during
years of It’s life and was fully
M,,s" ,.f the signlHcance of its ex-
j,‘ pain, this knowledge was re-
ai ; | .
Efj.y neither a< t nor word. He fared
Rmr with unfaltering courage and
|]q( ,1 the captain
of his soul.
G. S.
Funeral Tomorrow of
Dr. Malcolm Storer
Funeral services for Dr. Malcolm
Storer. well-known physician of Bos¬
ton, who died yesterday at his home,
3S0 Beacon street, Back Bay, will be
held tomorrow from his home at 11
a. nr.
Dr. Storer was born In Milton, April
26, 1862, the son of Hofatio Robinson
and Emily K. (Gilmore) Storer. He was
educated at private schools In Germany,
Italy, England and Newport, R. I. Dr.
Storer was graduated from Harvard
Medical School in 1SK9 and began prac¬
tice in Boston In 1901 and was a gyne¬
cologist at the Boston Dispensary and
Rn instructor of gynecology at Harvard
Medical School. During the World' War
he was appointed a. lieutenant in the
medical reserve corps hut was not called
upon t or active service.
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DR. STOKER DEAD
HEREIN 78IH YEAR
Harvard Graduate Noted as
Numismatic Authority
Dr. Malcolm Storer, 77, for many
years a leading physician in Boston and
prominently known as a curator of!
medalk and coins for several societies, |
died at his home, 380 Beacon street,]
yesterday.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Grace!
(Ayrault) Storer; a. daughter, Mrs.
Egerton B. Sawtelle, of Augusta, Me.;
two brothers, Frank A. Storer, of Coral
Gables, Fla., and John H. Storer, of
Waltham; and a sister, Miss Agnes C.
Storer. of Newport, R. I.
He was a member of the Boston Nu¬
mismatic Society, the American Med¬
ical Association, the Massachusetts
Medical Society, the Society for Med¬
ical Improvement, the Naval History
Society, the Massachusetts Historical So¬
ciety, the Harvard Club, the Alpha
Delta Phi and Delta Kappa Epsilon
Dr. Storer was born in Milton, the
son of Horatio Robinson and Emily E.
(Gilmore) Storer. He received his edu¬
cation in private schools In Germany,
Italy, England, and Newport, R. I. He
was graduated from Harvard with the
class of 1885.
Subsequently he was graduated from
the Harvard medical school. He started
practising in Boston in 1901 and for a
time was gynecologist at the Boston
Dispensary and a lecturer "on gyne¬
cology at the Harvard medical school.
Through his Interest In medals and
coins he was appointed curator of nu¬
mismatics at Harvard and of the
medical medals at the Boston Medical
Library. He was long a member of the
Boston Numismatic Society, and had
served as president and secretary of
the organization. He was also hono¬
rary keeper of the medals at the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts.
During the world war, Dr. Storer
was appointed a lieutenant In the
Medical Corps, but was not called ypon
for the French and for the wounded
during the war, however, he worked at
the Boston station for supplies intended
for the French Fund for the wounded
and the Italian relief.
MALCOLM STORER H-&62-- 1 9 3 5 )
BOSTON NUMISMATIC^SOCIETY
1907-1934
VICE-PRESIDENT 1908-1913
PRESIDENT
SECRETARY
1914-1917
1918-1923
PRESIDENT
1925
' Dr. Maldolm Storer,
Numismatist, Dead]
Native of Milton, Harvard ’85,
Curator of Medals, Coins,
for Various Societies
Former Gynecology ln«tructor
Had Been Honored by the
Museum of Fine Arts.
Sp«elAl to TH« N*r» Tons Timm.
BOSTON, Jan. 2. - Dr. Malcolm
Storer, for many year* a physician
of thl* city, died early this morning
at hie home, 380 Beacon Street. He
wne curator of coins and medal* of
H.rrvard University and tha Mas a
chueetta Historical Society.
Dr. Storer wai born In Milton
April 26, 1062, the son of Horatio
Roblneoa and Emily E. (Gilmore)
Storer. He attended private schools
In Germany, Italy, England and
Newport, R. 1., before entering
Harvard, where he received his
A. B. in 1883. and hie M. D. m 1*89.
He began practice In Hoetoa In 1001 |
and became a gynocologMat the
Boston Dispensary and ^aJUjHn-
structor In gyneoologv at the Hnr- >i
vard Medical School. . ,)
Always Interested In numlnmaUei.T
In addition to the curntorshlps al¬
ready mentioned, he had charge of j,
medical medals at the Boeton Medl- ,
cal Library, and was honorary
keeper of coins at the Boston Mu- 1
so’im of fine arts. He had been
both president and secretary at j
various times of the Boston Numis¬
matist Society.
As a member of the Massachu- l
setts Historical Society, of which ’
ho was a former councillor, he pre- f
!> d a list of 2,300 Massachusetts
m finis.
In the World War Dr. Storer was
appointed a lieutenant In the Medi¬
cal Reserve Cc-rps, but was
called upon for nctlve service. For
three years, however, he worked ns
a packer, at the Boston station, of
supplies ssnt overseas to the French
fund for the wounded and for the
Italian relief purposes.
Dr. Storer wan a member of the
American Medical Association, Mas¬
sachusetts Medical Society, Society
for Medical Improvement, Naval
Hi3tory Society, Alpha Delta Phi
and Delta Kappa Epsilon. For
many years his office was at 476
Boylston Street.
In October, 1899, Dr. Storer mar? |
rled Miss Grace Ayrault of Geneva,
N. Y. She and a daughter, Mrs.
Egerton B. Fawtelle of Augusta,
Me., survive, as do two brothers,
Frank A. Storer of Coral Gables,
Fla., and John H. Storer of Wal¬
tham; a sister, Miss Agnes C.
Storer of Newport, R. I., and sev-
crol r»g»r»h Anri nierofi
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Dr. Malcolm Storer. for many years a
physician of this city, whose home was at
880 lieacpn street, died early toduy.
Dr. Storer was born In Milton April 26.
1K62, the son of Horatio Robinson and
Emily E. (Gilmore) Storer. He was edu-
■ a led at private schools In Germany, Italy
and England and Newport. R. I.: on en¬
tering Harvard was graduated with the
class oi '81, subsequently being gradu¬
ated from the Harvard Medical School in
1891*. He began practice in Boston In
1901 and was a gynecologist at the Bos¬
ton Dispensary and an Instructor in
KM. ecology at the Harvard Medical
School. Always Interested In numismat¬
ic*. ho wan curator of medals and coins
a* Harvard and curator of medical med
«!? at tho Boston Medical Library.
He also wi* the honorary keeper of
coins at the Buaton Museum of Fine
Aits, and had been both president and
secretary at varloua times of the Boston
.\nmlsm -itlc Society. As a member of
the Maaaschuaetta Historical Society, erf
which he had been a councillor, he pre¬
pared a list of Massachusetts medals, of
wolch mention Is made of 2800.
During the late wax Dr. Storer wo* ap¬
pointed a lieutenant In the Medical Re¬
serve Corps but was not called upon for
active service. For three years, however,
£
£
PQ
a* ' 1410 r • » ■ V w. m - »
he worked a» a packer at the Boston
station t,,r supplies which went to the
French Fund for the Wounded and the
Italian Relief.
He «n* a member of the American
Medical Aasoolatlon, Massachusetts Med-
l.-n! Society. Society for Medical Improve¬
ment. Naval History Society. Alpha
Delta I'hl and Delta Kappa Epallon. For
a number of y.ars Dr. Storer had an
office at 476 Boylston street.
in October. 1KM. Dr. Storer married
M Isa Grace Ayr.iult of Geneva. N. T.
She and a daughter. Mrs. Egerton B.
Sawtalle. of Augusta. Me., survive.
There also are two brothers, Frank A.
Storer of Coral OiWes. Fla. and John
H Storer of Waltham; a sister. Miss
Agnes C. Storer of Newport. R. I., and
numerous nephews snd nieces.
DR MALCOLM STORER
Dr Malcolm Storer of 380 Beacon
t • for many years a leading Bo-ton
1 clan, died early yi sterday morn¬
ing At one time he served as tead
of the Boston Dispensary and tho
North F.nd Diet Kitchen, and was a
member of the Harvard Medical
School faculty and councilor of the
Harvard Medical Alumnae Associa-
Dr Storer was born in Milton In
1862. attended private schools in Ger- ,
many. Italy, England and Newport,,
R I, before going to Harvard. He
was graduated in 1895 and from the
medical school in 1899.
He was a noted coin collector, and
was curator of coins and medals for
the Massachusetts Historical Society
and president of the Boston Numis¬
matic Society. _
He is survived by a wife, Mrs Grace
MALCOLM STORER
( 1862-1935)
J_HE_NU M I S M A T I s T
February, 1
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Malcolm Storcr » i; ,
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c/lior'oi *the" harvard ''Zitn a! '''''" «»»"•"' 'o'SrS! liti, !?“'?" ?j”
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m ft o •» v , ' of a \ o 1 u in 0 cntitlpri “Vi. A (1 m i i a 1 \ ornon
besides,' en trifled "v^ith^Ui^cnre ^ » ina *>n ^'unimis” n il Tr^n st,Ua"
h0W^
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times gave u s i n tJl'est! n K* a! J t ^ ^ " Mawul1 and Africa -and at
matics, of which ho i, .. i , '. a bout bis journeys, as w<>li ■ ,,,, , 1
He belonged to the Anu'rinn "v i"1'1 thorough 'knowledge. '»mis-
aasss r
<tnd it is not possible to , . ' ‘ » I " > a s «i leader among us the i, , i
f »,<» ferltuK,. .rm"",! 17™ . - ^Z,U,o\!Z'l,"
freely both his gifts and l.i's learning V' ‘ . . . . • sharing most
;"’.1 a f°man strength, combining the eraee. f r ed ;i 0l'eek sensibility
enjoyed being useful in in, „ , , gi.Kis of 1 1 1 < • with eumesin •*■ o'
find them more than agreeable" ' h S° fulfllled aM his obligations as o
He took a keen deHght in unn inV" *°°d by insti,1( '- «n«l reina ined s ,
qualities of other men and „ t mtercourse, recognizing to the full n
discerned his superiority md nl* em,ar, klng any ,ack- Others, on their ! V
o»„ charactcrizauJn of one of hl,^, T h‘f" '» To use ' is
and a great loss." °f ,m old tr,tn<ts- "» "as a gallant genllemin
HORACE L. WHEELER.
DR. HOWARD T. SW MS
\\ idclv know n Boston physician,
who died yesterday at ins home,
226 Commonwealth avenue.
DR. HOWARD SWAIN
RITES WEDNESDAY
*37.
HOWARD T. SWAIN
(1867 - 1936)
H. N. S. 1929 - 1936
Physician. f>9, to He Huripd in
Exeter. N. H.
Dr Howard Townsend Swain.
terday at his home. 226 Common*
wealth avenue. He was In his G9!h
year.
Funeral services will be held at
his home Wednesday at noon, with
the Rev. H Russell Stafford. I)D,
minister of the New Old South
Church, officiating. Burial will be
at Exeter N H.
Dr Swain leaves his widow. Mrs.
Harriet French Swain: n ..on. How¬
ard T Swain. Jr. of Denver, Colo,
and two daughters. Mrs. C Rodgers
Burg'.n of Milton and Mrs. Henry
K U. Beecher of Boston.
Dr. Swain's re Idencc In Boston
dates since 189.1, when lie came here
after his graduation from Phillips
Exeter Academy He was graduated
from Harvard medical school with
the class of 1897. He served six
years at the Massachusetts General
Hospital nnd the Boston Lying-In
Hospital, later becoming a member
of the staff of both Institutions.
JAMES H.
TAYLOR
(1811 - 1872)
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1866 - 1872
JAMES H. TAYLOR.
Died suddenly, at his home in Charleston S r ^ .i
Tames H. Taylor, aged sixty-one A man of V ^ C-’ 1 evening of February 3f jg7,
keen susceptibilities of his nature which attracted ^ r,,Ch CuIlurc> not only from the
from a habit of devoting every spare moment rlf^l SV0U’ mental treasure within his reach but
to the securing and arranging the 'best thmmh?- • ^ llf?of compkcated and varied busin,-' -
and critical, at the same t?me> comprehensive^n^is'novif "h fof futurc ^ AnalJS
array of subjc :ts, u /ally left to professedly scientific 7Z ’ rl gra'"pcd. and possessed a whole
lent and beneficent in feeling and action oJided »nrl P osophical men. Genial, benevo-
cnough to say, “That these dements were so mixed hlSh Christian principle, it is
say, ‘ This was a man ! ’ ” C S° n,lxed ln h,m» ^ nature might stand up and
testimony of another in PhihddjX^:— (knt m Charleston' ^ which we will add the
in his address.
natute s noblemen 1 his, indeed, is not the most that we seek ■ tlLman, ““ let nie say, one of
enriched by the mingling of such men \lihn , , V \ 1 T man> 1)Ut society is greatlv
heart overleaped the boundary line once real nmj L 1Sfr°Uthen;cr’ hls comprehensive mi.fd a d
°A,U° \e !>"?""• anywhcre' btl'VCen Korl" a"d South, -file
conscmod to“jom ihfearcs of” XdeipdTL?"h!TfZ,d 'nCrCafmilc, housc. Utterly I, ad
literature and numismatics; and it is chiefly on t’hi s r > f°r !he eIeSant diversions of
kept m th * Journal of Numismatics. He h,d a fine c leerin'1' Jhat.hlS rucord deserves to be
Society! 1 °f ycaW* cumulation. 1 le has lon/UnT ’memhe r ^
numismatic news
May 5, 1992
Boston Numismatic Society
1949 - 1980
1981 - 1992 Honorary
Member
Collectors Club of Boston
1972 - 1992
And various other
coin clubs
Mabel Tuttle dies
Mabel Tuttle, widow of Numismatic Ambas¬
sador Earl V. Tuttle, died March 30 at age 93.
She attended over 30 American Numismatic
Association conventions and was a member of
the New England Numismatic Association,
Boston Numismatic Society, Framingham ( oin
Club. Warren Coin Club, South Bridge Coin
Club, ColU ctnrs n»)fr of Boston. Maine Numis¬
matic Society, Coin dub of Rhode Island, and
Worcester County Numismatic Society.
“She was known by a host of people in the
hobby and was always pleasant," said fellow
New England collector and Numismatic
Ambassador Walter Riley.
Earl Tuttle received the Numismatic Ambas¬
sador Award, sponsored by Numismatic News,
in 1975 He preceded his wife in death on May
^WHO.
Services for Mabel Tuttle were held April 1 in
Auburn. Mass. Survivors include a sister and a
nephew.
EARL VICTOR TUTTLE ( - 1980)
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1943 - 1980
Life member
1969 -
1 980
Vice-President
1949 -
1 950
Pres i den t
1955 -
1956
Vice-President
1965 -
1979
Numismatic Ambassador
1975
He was a member of many
clubs .
Karl Tuttle
Ilecenaed: 5 91980
WAITT
JOSEPH E.
(1882 - 1931 )
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1908 -
1920 - 1931
Dr. Joseph E. Waitt
Funeral services wUl lie held tomorrow
for Dr. Joseph E. Waitt, for many years
a denttst in Roxbury. who died Thurs¬
day In his homo 4 Mt. Warren street.
Dr. Waitt was bom in South Onrdlner,
Me., tJ9 years ago. He studied ior his
profession at the Harvard dental school
from where he was graduated in 1893.
He leaves a widow, Nellie G. .Waitt.
LESTER WATSON ( - 1 9 '1 9 )
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1921 - 1949
LIFE MEMBER
1949
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- 1958)
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1940 -
1958
LIFE MEMBER
j
1941 -
1958
VICE-PRESIDENT
1947 -
1948
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Philatelist, at’
Maiden Home;
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H. J. WENZELBERGER !
Funeiai m*t vices for Henry J. Wen- ,
telbtrger. vldely-known philatelist. ,
who died Sunday will be tomorrow j
afternoon at hla residence. 21 High
' street, Malden.
iil* Born In Philadelphia, 63 years
ago, JLe moved to Boston In 1920,
j.and eight year* later became man¬
ager of the Hub Postage Stamp.
Inc. He had been a resident of
Aillngton for 16 years and moved
to Malden last June.
Mr Wenzelberger was formerly
president of the Boston Philatelic
Society. Ine, a director of National I
Philatelic Exhibition, of the Amcr- j
lean Philatelic Society In Boston In
1930. and war an officer of thr |
Metropolitan Philatelic Society r.nd
United Stamp Societies.
Surviving him are hla widow Mr»
EatCila Wenzelberger, a daughter.!
Ruth E . n son. Charles F , hla
mother Mrs Mary D. AVenaeibyger •
Funeral for Exhibitor andfUnd four brpti *s
Collector Will Be
TI 1 J TT~ t i f rrom La*. Edition. of T«*i«rtsjr'. Ta«s. J
Held M ednesdav - HENQV j. WENZELBERGER
- n: '
Henry J. Wenzelberger. nation¬
ally known philatelist, died
yesterday at his home. 21 High
street, Malden, after an Illness
of several months. He was
sixty-three.
tv.’r# /4, ,
Bowtonlan Wn Ltadar in Many
Philatallo Societies
•p*c'.»l to Tit* K*sr Tors Tim**.
BOSTON. Feb. 14 — Henry J.
- , . Wi-nielberger. philatelist. died yes-
Funeral services will be at 3 torday at hi* home. 21 High Street,
PM. Wednesday at the rcsl- , Malden, after an Hire** of several
j dence. I month*. He wu 63 year* old.
Mr. Wenzelberger was well DB°,n l,n l,>«J!iadV,phu• h* carn* t0
*°f. cxhlb. .Ions and and In 1928 became manager of the
*a..\S ,o coilec-ors and societies. Hob Pontage Stamp Company Inc.
Born in Philadelphia ho came Mr. Wenzelberger was former
to Boston in 1920. He was con- president of the Boston Philatelic
nected with the Lo-.vell & Hall Soc,*ty. h»c.; director, National
Company, and In 1928 became B*MbiUon of the Am.r-
Sitmf Comoanv St itahfS “•>= r.rV.r'
^ amp Company, Inc. He had tremurer. Suburban RUmp and
occn a resident of Arlington for Curio Club; formar vie# preaidant,
Sixteen years, moving to Malden . Metropolitan Philatelic Society;
last June. I founder, Central New England
i Mr. Wenzeft>erger was formers ®Ump Club* Association, and
president of the Boston Philat- | ',lr**clor. United stamp
ellc Society, Inc., director, Na- 1 _
tlonal Philatelic Exhibition of
the American Philatelic Society
I in Boston In 1930; former vice
; president and treasurer, Subur-
i ban Stamp and Curio Club: for¬
mer vice president, Metropolitan
Philatelic Society; founder. Cen¬
tral New England Stamp Clubs
Association; and former director,
United Stamp Societies. He was
a member of W. K. Bray Lodge
A. F. & A. M. of Hatboro, N. J.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Estella
Wenzelberger; a daughter, Ruth
E.; a son, Charles F.; his mother,
Mrs. Mary D. Wenzelberger; and
four brothers, Elwood of Plain-
field, N. J., Edward of Easton,
Pa., Charles of Merchantville,
N. J., and Frank Wenzelberger of
Pennsgrove, N. J.
HENRY J. WENZELBERGER
(1875-1938)
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1937-1938
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Horace L. Wheeler
President of the Boston Numismatic Society Who Is a
Specialist in Medals and War Trophies
August 23, 1921
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1907 - 1936
HONORARY MEMBER
1928 -
1936
TREASURER
1908 -
1915
SECRETARY
1917
PRESIDENT
1918 -
1923
VICE-PRESIDENT
1930
1H3
Horace Wheeler, -
Ex-Statistician,
Boston Library
t>i&3
Horace Leslie Wheeler, for mamy
years head of the statistical depart¬
ment of the Boston Public Lib-arv.
who was known throughout the East
as the final consulting colonial
paleographer and authority on
precious stones, old timepieces, and
shorthand, died late yesterday in
New York while visiting a nephew.
Mr. Wheeler was born in Water-
town. 0.1. CT 1253. a son of Horace
and Sarah Freeman Ellis Wheeler.
Following his graduation from the
English and Classical School In West
Newton, he entered Harvard where
he was graduated with the class of
1881. He then studied at the Divinity
School, receiving his A. M. degree in
1283 and his S. T. B. degree in 1885.
After bi lng ordained as minister of
the Newton Center Unitarian So¬
ciety. he served churches in Newton,
Watertown and Burlington, Jt.
While in Burlington, he helped to
organize a new independent congre¬
gation. In 1809. at his own request,
he was released from the service of
the American Unitarian Association
and several years later was ordained
into the ministry of the Protestant
Episcopal Church.
After twenty years of ministerial
work. Mr. Wheeler left the church
and devoted his time to library and
historical Interests.
He was a member of the American
Historical Association, New England
Historic Genealogical Society, Ver¬
mont Historical Society, New Hamp¬
shire Historical Society. Maine His¬
torical Society, Bostonian Society,
Bunker Hill Monument Association,
Vermont Society, Sons of the Amcrl-
. .‘ion. American Numis¬
matic Society. American Numismatic
Association. Boston Numismatic So-
clety, American Statistical Associa¬
tion, American Geographical Society, !
American Library Association. Mas¬
sachusetts Library Club. Librarians'
Club. Wlllls-Bryom Club, Appala¬
chian Mountain Club, Green Moun¬
tain Club. Vermont Association of
Boston. Simplified Spelling Society
of London. Society for Pure English
(Oxford. England i. and the interna¬
tional Phonetic Association.
HORACE LESLIE WHEELER
(1858 - 1936)
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1907 - 1936
HONORARY MEMBER
TREASURER
SECRETARY
PRESIDENT
VICE-PRESIDENT
1928-1936
1908-1915
1917
1918-1923
1930
He \ms one of the two
members who had served
in all four offices.
I regret to Report the death of my uncle
Horace -^3 lies yf^aoler on the morning of Sunday
December 'sOth at 9.00 A.M. He died veiy
quietlySsi t'feing In hie chair with one of
‘VA the lit vie' blaok oigare atill between his
fingers. I-. Death waa duetto the conse^uenses
a bronchiectasis which he must huve
developed approximately last Augus t. . 1 ailing
°iia^,^o hear from him in October we visited him at
V/U UU:U l A Uiu uxiu w ^ ” -
42 Rutland Sq. ^flajfojind . bi?_ fi^3j^fn^tivlty
coming smaller and so we brought him homo v^ith us to ^ 3: . ; •
Veterans Administration Hospital whero her was given
personal o,re Jr,
every
re a tment .
Very truly yours, ,v
Dr. Clifton IT .^Wheeler
Ho is buried in Fiohkill . Castle Point, NY.
SIGN NAME HERE ’
Rural Cemetery beside his^br.qther at Fishkill tjk
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HORACE LESLIE WHEELER
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1 907 -
1 9 40
Treasurer
1908 -
1 91 S
Sec re t a r y
1917
Pres i den t
1918 -
1923
Vice-President
1930
(The first person to serve in all
four offices)
(Dear Sir: I regret to report the death of my uncle
. Horace Leslie Wheeler on the morning of
Sunday, December 20th at 9.00 A.M. He died very
quietly sitting in his chair with one of the little
black cigars still between his fingers. Death was due
to the consequences of a bronchiectasis which he must
havedeveloped approximately last August. Failing to hear
from him in October we visited him at 42 Rutland Sq . and found
his circle of activity gradually becoming smaller and so
we brought him home, with us to this Veterans Administration
Hospital where he was given every personal care and the
best of medical advice and treatment.
Very truly yours,
Dr. Clifton F. Wheeler.
He is buried in Fishkill Castle Point, NY
Rural Cemetery beside his brother
at Fishki 11, NY
HORACE LESLIE WHEELER (1858 - 1936)
• B. N. S. 1907 - 1936
By the death on Be combo r 20, 1936 of Horace Leslie h hoe lor, the
'Boston Numismatic Society 3uffored the loos of one of Its oldegt and
most respoctod nembors, a loss v/hich will bo koonly felt as time roeg
on and we miss the presonce of Ur. \hoolor,s almost inexhaustible fund
fcf -vv -a € (in c .
of ponoral laforctat!*. Observant, lntollipontly critical, v/ell vorsod
In history and tho classics, tor. ihcolor was a studious and dovotod
numismatis t •
Tho sorvicos ho rendered so sonorously to the Boston Numismatic
Society 3inco his election to membership in 1907 at tho time of tho
Society* s ronais sanco, were of inestimable valuo. Holding at ono time
or another, as no otlior member over did, all of the of f icoc--Prosident,
Vice -Pro a iden t and Curator, Troasuror, and Secretary — ’:r. hoeler*s
contribution to tho Society’s wolfaro v;as outstanding. Ho other member
.So
during those years did es much tov-ards enlivening discussion or dis¬
seminatin' k.io. ledge at mootings as did ho.
His place cannot be filled but to those of us who had tho
privilege of knov ing him and associating witty him, there v;ill always
regain tho memory cf a fino personality, a moat upright character and
a high intelligence.
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At the meeting of tho Socioty Leconbor 23, 1936 it was voted
that this oxpre33ion of oentiment bo speoad upon the records of tho
Socioty and that a copy thereof bo 3cnt b^ the Secretary to Mr.l’ho ?ler*a
relat ivos •
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(HORACE L. WHEELER , CON ' T )
The o Id o r members 01 the Am^ricnn Numismatic Assoc iat ion will learn
with regret of the death on Sunday, December 20, 1936 of Horace Leslie
’'heeler of Poston. Hr. Wheeler, who was just over 78 years of age, had
been in declining health for several months, although retaining his
keenness of mind to the last. The end came peacefully at the United States
Veterans Hospital, C nst le Point, Lew York where he had been living with
his nephew, Hr. Clifford F. Wheeler of that Institution.
Mr. ’’heeler was horn in Wo tort own , ;.ias3., October 30, 1858, the son of
Horace and fa rah rrooman (Lllis) heeler. His early education was at the
English and Classical echool, best Hewton, from which he entered Harvard
College in 1879. There ho nndo n number of friends of the more thought¬
ful and studious tyixa and formed associations which in many cases lasted
pleasurably throughout his life. Receiving the degree of A.n. in 1081,
‘ r. 1 heeler continued graduate studies at Harvard, specializing in phil¬
osophy and theology. The degree of A.;,, in 1883 v/as followed in 1885 by
that of F .T .w • from the Harvard Divinity School, where during his last
year as a student he acted as school librarian. Towards the close o”
1385 he was ordained to t hj ministry.
His first pastorate was the Newton Centre Unitarian society v/h’ch he
left nf'ter four years to take up the pulpit in the "irst Congregational
Society (Unitarian) in nurlington, Vermont. Following this he helped to
organize n new Independent congregation in that city, leaving this in
turn in Hay, 1900 to be confirmed into the Protestant episcopal Church.
While ho was later ordained in this denomination, he rev^r took up another
no rish .
July, 1900 found him in Poston and temporarily unoccupied; an oppor¬
tunity was offered to enter the department of statistics in the nos ton
Public Library and Hr. Wheeler accepted i t - - i n his own mind as a merely
temporary occupation. The work grew and became interesting, und the
position was node permanent with the result that b;' 1010 Hr. V heeler had
become head of trie Department of Documents a nd official curator of Coins
and "e da Is at the boston Public Library.
lie it in na uu ral that he was knov;n to uumis mn tis ts chiefly as a
remarkably well informed collector arid critic, and as one of those
responsi' lo (,or the renaissance of the post on Numismatic Society in 1907,
"r. "heeler^ knowledge and Interests embraced many other fields. In his
posit 'on at the I os ton Public Library he was continually being appealed
to as an authority on early Colon jal history, folk lore, precious stones,
old time-nieces, and Colonial nntinuitics in general.
The art of short hand particularly fascinated him and he was an
an thorit^ on the development and various methods of thin kind ob writing.
As regards numisrPtics, Hr. \ heeler, in company with the late
^r.'-alc olm 8 tore r, v:as a dominating influence and inspiration in the work
of'the r0nton Numismatic Society for nearly 30 years and the loss of
these two outstanding numismatists is indeed a sad one for the Poston
Eorietv. Hr. ’"heeler was the only person who ever held at one time or
anotho r*a 11 o;‘ -lie offices at the disposal of the Boston numismatic Society.
p those who attended the American Numismatic assoc ia
in Poston in the summer of 1921, Hr. " heeler will be well
at that time lie
his kind offices that the splendid facilities of
Association convention
remembered °or
t lie summe r - , - - - --
was rre3idont of the Boston society and it was through
the Boston Public Library
(HORACE L. WHEELER, CON'T)
nero placed at the disposition of the Association for exhibition purposes.
re mho rs of the : oston Numismatic Society will boot re jmber 1r**'heeler
o r t \. a y in \« h ic ’ , as r re o iclo nt > ho c onduc to d t ho d inne' 0 a nd moo t i n^s
of the Society. Behind his gracious a rid entertaining leaner lay an almost
inexhaustible fund of know lodge and a very boon observation which enabled
him to comment with authority on almost any subject which might come up
for discussion. His loss creates a voiu v, h ch it seems impossible to fill.
hr. heeler, besides being a member of the Poston Numismatic Society,
was also a member of the American Nu:.iisma tic Society and the American
’’umismn tic /ssocir t on.
"is interest in Colotiial history brought him into the American
Historical A 3 s oc !•> t ion , Nov/ England Historic Genealogical Society, the
V rmont Historical Society, New Hampshire Historical Society, M aine
istorical Society, 'ostonian Society, Bunker Hill “onument nsociation,
Vermont society-^ ons of the A me r ic n Revolution,
His 1 1 b m r y work brought him taernborship in the Ar.uricnn Statirticrl
Association, American Geographic^ 1 Soc ie ty, American Li r? ry Associt t i on,
• nssac us tts Li) m ry Club, Librarians* c lid , . 1 pli ■: i polling Society
or fondon. Society for Bure English (Oxford, ..nglnnd ) .and the In ternnt 4 ona ]
ph one t ic a 9 or la t ion*
uis long ti o studies of short hand ctliodo brought membership in the
4 Ills -T yrom Club, while to his earlier yu> rs in Vermont i\y be traced
bis rie lberphin in the Appalaci inn ounUin C lu , Green ' ountain club, and
Vermont * ssociution of Boston.
art-
WHITfe-Paul F iige £>3 died Saturdai
uary 18, 1093 He was (hs son Of Mar
lyn (Rosa) Whits of Southboro ana
th® lots Walter Whits. Mr. Whits
was a U S. Navy Votsran serving
] on th« USB Nautilus Submarine, <
Hs was tha ownsr and President
of Whites of Now England In Framingham.
Hs was a formor employes * J
" 3®,' Cc
^orp. of
. _ of Ksnnsootis
Lexington. Beside his
moWer he lit survived py his wtfe Alios
(0 Toolo) White A son. Mlata«r Whits and fk
jteughtor Koil^Whlte, ppth of Fjamlnghan}.
Arid a 8l3ter .Elaine Y«
end rrjany nlocej o, '
ronce whits of ptfim hbharfl
•Wi¬
fe. 00 a_m. ffotft tha Mortis FunJtal Home. 40, .
Math St., BoUthboro followed by a Masa at
10 00 a.rrt, el St. Anne'S Church 20 Boston 1
Post Rd . BoutnDoro. Burial will follow at the
Rural Cemetery In 8outhbOro Calling hours -
or© Monday. January 1 8 from 2 to 4 and 7 to
9, Donat. one In his memory may be rn&Je to'
Metro West Hospice. 00 ‘awroncs at Fra¬
mingham MA 01701 or Dana Fsrbet ‘
solhellomia Research, 33
ton. MA
B.nnsy St.
Ms
Bos-
PAUL F. WHITE
(1940 - 1993)
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1973 - 1993
HONORARY MEMBER
1992 - 1993
SECRETARY
1981 - 1983
JOHN KIMBALL WTGGIN
( - 1875)
«
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
FOUNDER
1860 - 1875
TREASURER
1870 - 1873
MR. JOHN KIMBALL WIGGIN. 7— 3" / S 1 *>
Mr. John Kimuall. Wiggin, a resident member of ilic Boston Numismatic Society, died in this
city on the third of September, 1S75, a ter a piolr acted illness. Mr. NViggin was well known ns
a collector and dealer in raic and valuable books and engravings. At one time he had a fine col¬
lection of Medals, O ins and Air. graphs. ILs libiary contained very many of the latest works
on early New lint 1 history, in '.lie 0: ginal editions ; also, the scarce editions of locr.l history,
and the finest specimens c>r reprints of carcc and \aluab!c American books. Mr. Wiggin was one
of the founders of tlr.o Society in 1 560, and for several tears its Treasurer.
WILLIAM LITHGOW WILLEY
(
- 1949)
j
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1921
- 1949
HONORARY MEMBER
1936
- 1949
VICE-PRESIDENT
1928
- 1929
PRESIDENT
1930
HORACE MORISON
148 STATE STREET
BOSTON 9. MASSACHUSETTS
I.: ay 7, 1949
Mrs. Shenard Pond, Secretory
Boston Numismatic Society
2 Salisbury Street
V/ inc he s t e r , Massachusetts
Dear Mrs . Pond :
I beg to inform you of the death of a former member
of your Society, Ir. William Lithgow Willey, w ho died on February
22 1949. Notices from the Society still continue to be mailed to
his former address, 216 Harvard Street, Cambridge'.
I hove been named executor under his will.
HOWLAND WOOD
BNS
1906 -
1938
HONORARY
1914 -
1938
SECRETARY
1908 -
1912
HOWLAND WOOD
(1878
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1906 - 1938
Secretary 1908 - 1912
Honorary member 1914 -
- 1938)
1938
An Authority on Coins
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military insignia which were alTer-
ward purchased by the Smithsonian
Institution. Ilis knowledge of Ameri¬
can commemorative coins caused the
capture of a skillful forger, the only
such forger ever heard of in the
United States. Mr. Wood discovered
that there were far too many of
certain types of 50-cent pieces in
circulation considering the original
supply and expressed his suspicions
to Secret Service ngenls who later
ran down the counterfeiter.
Mr. Wood was a fellow of the
American Numismatic Society and
the Royal Numismatic Society of
London; an honorary member of the
j Yokohama Numismatic Society; a
member of the American Oriental
| Society, the Philadelphia Numis¬
matic and Antiquarian Society and
the New York Numismatic Club. lie
was the author of numerous books
and articles on numismatics.
Surviving are his wife. Mrs. Eliza¬
beth Marvin Wood, and two claugh-
ters. Mrs. Charles E. Hall jr. and
Mbs S-. lvia II. Wood. Funcril serv-
ices will Jje held at 2 p. m. tomor¬
row at St. George’s Episcopal
Church, 661 East 219th Street, Mush¬
ing.
lloutiuul I y notl
Howland Wood,
A' umismatist,
Is Dead at 60
Curator of tbr American
Numismatic* Society Since 1
’13; Doubled Collection 1
>
Howland Wood, curator of the
American Numismatic Society, 156th [
Street and Broadway, died yesterday ;
at his home at 137-17 Franklin •
Avenue, Flushing, Queens, after a
brief illness. He was sixty years old.
Considered one of the world’s out¬
standing numismatists, Mr. Wood
had been identified with the study
of coins since he was graduated from
Brown University in 1900. He was
secretary of the American Numis¬
matics Association from 1905 to 1909
and chairman of the board of gover-
! nors from 1909 to 1912. He also
i edited several numismatic publica-
1 lions during that period,
j In 1913 he became curator of the
i two-story classical building which
houses the collection of the Ameri¬
can Numismatic Society, the largest
collection of coins, medals and
plaques In the United Stales and
one of the largest in the world. Un¬
der his guidance the collection more
than doubled, until there aic now
about 200,000 pieces in it.
Mtxwwmr
^‘CURATOR. DEAD
NEW YORK, Jan. 4 (AP)— IIow-l
land Wood. 60, curator of the Amer¬
ican Numismatic Museum of New
York and known to coin collectors
in many parts of the world, died
today after a brief illness.
Wood, born In New Bedford, Mass., |
and graduated from Brown Univer¬
sity in 1900, became curator of the
museum In 1913.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Elizabeth Marvin Wood, and two
daughters, Mr >. Charh E. Hall, Jr.,
and Miss Sylvia Howland Wood.
'rA> ‘
P age Twelve
? ,-y’- — — • • - -
Recent
Jims land Wood, 60,
Numismatic Expert
NEW YORK, Jan. 5 — Funeral
services will be conducted in
St. George's Episcopal Church.
Flushing, at 2 P.M. tomorrow for
Howland Wood, curator of the
Museum of the American Numis¬
matic Society since 1913, who
died yesterday of pneumonia at
his home on Franklin avenue,
Flushing, Queens, at the age of
sixty.
An authority on Oriental and
Mohammedan coinage, Mr. Wood
had been actively Identified with
numismatics since 1900. During
the World War, lie arranged an
exhibition of military insignia,
which was subsequently acquired
by the Smithsonian Institution,
and he was the author of many
books and articles on coins, re¬
ceiving the Archer M. Hunting-
ton Medal for numismatic writ¬
ing in 1920-
Shepard Pond, president of the
American Numismatic Society
said; “Mr. Wood's passing is a
rca! loss to coin collectors and
students of numismatics. He was
respected in Europe as much as
in America."
Mr. Wood, a native of New
' * Bedford, Mass , leaves his wife,
the former Elizabeth Eliot Mar¬
vin of Brookline. Mass., and two
daughters. Mrs. Charles E. Hall,
Jr., and Miss Sylvia IF Wood.
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'.J:\IAL TO HOW LAN!
BY
1 1
OOD
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY 1907-
HONORARY MEMBER 1914-
SECRETARY 1908-
ANA HALL OF FAME 1969
ANA BOARD CHAIRMAN 1908
ANS CURATOR 1913
ANS ASSOCIATE EDITOR 1921
SHEPARD POND
IN NT MIS MAT I
SOCIETY
rr> ,
war t.»
lea
A p
Cl •' S
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death of Howland Wood on January 5th, 1958
Blow the science of Numismatics In Air.er-
years. Occupying as ho did
■ tlor. or out at and In? prominence In numismatic clr-
* wenty- f lv.* years Curator of the American
* 1 o o
all ever t :e
i Museum In Nsw York -
Wood had
.
ant rear *c ted by, countle39 societies
•dille hla special field of study and research
In the near and Far East, - -"or which he fitted
hi. iso 1 f by the study of Araoic, rersian, Chinese and
oriental lanTuages - he pc jfessed an encyclopedic
-olns at large inequalle in this country,
s of such attainments are rare indeed and he will
.... tlv mis
oi he r
v Tij i
S * u d e r» t
Soc let;
realisation that
For Howland Wood we of the Boston Numismatic
have alv;ays had an especial fooling, and the
we owed him a debt of gratitude for the
renaissance of our Society in 1906 when, reduced to a
-o mb” r ship of three and having divested lt.self of its
Lry, it appeared doomed to extinction.
From that date ho was most actively Interested in our
organization, holding the ofrlce of
t-o 1913 v/h»»n he wont to New York to
the A i'-1! lean Numismatic Society.
Secretary from 1908
become Curator of
hr. -ooi's Interest In Boston affairs continued
tin! i nione 1 and hardly a year passed without his atton-
ce at at least ne >ting. mere word that,
"itcwlnnd Wood will bo here", was sufficient to ensure a
1 ir.y *ui. hiring and the certainty of an interesting and
st \ -uni'll In" 1 i Ilia memory an an appreciation of
his high attainments v/ ill laat for many years with nu-
nis :.atists throu g it the v.orl , - and i owhere be more
cherish o d than with. iis old col lea .-uc s of the Boston
.. Jtnl 3 :a tic Socle ty .
-1938
-1938
-1912
1938
1938
MO R ITZ WORMSER do/a
1940)
IMiutograph l»v rtulcrwoud ami I’mlriw mhI
]t ij with extreme regret that we
report the death of our old friend
M oritz \\’. >rmscr, who died suddenly
on May 22nd at his home in Wood-
mere, Lony Island His death eame as
a sad shock to his many friends and
associates, and the numismatic world
mourns one ot its outstanding members.
Moritz Wormser was horn in Heidel-
bery, Germany, on Auyust 2f>th, 1S7S.
Ilis lather, Samuel Wormser, w.is a
naturalized citizen of California in
ISM. Mr. Wormser’s early schooling
heyan in Wiesbaden, Germany, and
it was dtiriny those early years that he
became interested in numismatics.
With the aid ol his lather he formed
his lust coin collection. Upon the
death ol Samuel Wormser, youny
Moritz came to New York City in
1X96 to live with his uncle. He at
tended Columbia University (IVA.
99), Colorado College (IVA. 1900)
anti was yraduated Irom Columbia a
a Civil I nyineer in 1903.
I Hinny the years I nun 1 9< >9 to I 9 I 1
he was cnyayed in business under the
li mi name ol Wormser-Coodman Con
struetion Co in New York City. In
1912 he founded the firm of Wormser
if Co., Commerci.il Financiny, anel in
1936 established the present New
Netherlands ( loin Company.
It was about Ml 2 when he became
ayain actively interested in numis-
nia tics, especially in the New York
Numismatic < Hub, the American Nu
mismatic Society and the American
Numismatic Association. Mr. Worm
sets activities in the ANA. are well
known by its members. He became
a life member and was elected to the
Board of Governors in 1917 and be¬
came Chairman of this Board in 191V.
In 1921 at the Boston Convention he
was elected President, and remained in
this post until 1926. From 1926 to
19x6 he was a member of the Board
ol Governors. Mr. Wormser was a
Fellow of the American Numismatic
Society in New York, and elected to
its Council in 1930.
Other numismatic organizations with
which he was connected are: Chicayo
Numismatic Club, Honorary Member:
Pacific Coast Numismatic Society, Cali -
lorni.i Coin Club; Lite Member, New
York Numismatic Club; Member, Bos¬
ton Numismatic Society, Rochester Nu¬
mismatic A ss< iciation.
Mr. Wormser travelled a yrcat deal,
and wherever he was, made friends
easily. He was a familiar and popular
liyure at the annual conventions of
the American Numismatic Association,
and will indeed be missed in local and
national coin circles.
167
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY 1929 - 1940
AMERICAN NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION
PRESIDENT 1921
HALL OF FAME 1970
BOARD CHAIRMAN 1919,
1920
.
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Deaths
Mom 1/ WOltMSI n < I H7H- 1 !» |
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( Con ' t )
DUS
'( Con ' T )
T II E N U M I S M A T I S T , July, 19 40
As a collector Moritz Wormser had many specialties. He had brought
together an outstanding group of Transylvanian gold and silver coins, in¬
cluding many of the great rarities. He had a collection of multiple Euro¬
pean silver thaler-size coins, which rivaled many collections. Other special¬
ties were mining coins, women’s portraits and Oriental rarities. 1 1 is keen
knowledge of numismatics enabled him to know at a glance whether he had
a coin or not. 1 1 is catalogue for many years was in his head. Ho never
collected by date, but was always alert to new portraits and types, lie was
among the lirst collectors in this country to specialize in foreign gold coins,
llis collection embraced coins of all periods and sizes in this metal.
Moritz Wormser was born in Heidelberg, Germany, on August 2tlth, 1878.
the son of a naturalized Californian. His early years were spent in Wies¬
baden, Germany, where he attended school. His first, interest in coin col¬
lecting dates back to this period, as he often said that his father had started
Moritz Wormser.
him about 1890. In 1896, his parents having died, he was brought to this
country to live with an uncle. He attended Columbia University, receiving
a degree in 1S99. and from Colorado College in 1900. He returned to Co¬
lumbia University and received his civil engineering degree in 1903. He
was engaged in contracting until 19 11. when he turned his attention to the
commercial financing business, which was continued until 1935. In 1930,
following a trip abroad, lie founded the New Netherlands Coin Company,
with which he was identified at the time of his passing.
At approximately tin* same time that he joined the Association lie became
a member of the American Numismatic Society and of the New York Numis¬
matic Club. Several months after joining the New York Numismatic Club
lie became its secret iii v-t I'euHtt rer, mid served in l hut impurity until 1917.
when he was elected to ollire in the Association.
( Con ' t )
THE NUMISMATIST, July, 1940
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Ho was elected a Follow of the American Numismatic Society, and had
served on the Council of that body since 1930.
As a Convention-goer he was well known and very popular, and had at¬
tended most conventions since 1917. lie had traveled to California, and
*as. an honorary member of the Pacific Coast Numismatic Society, and the
California Coin Club He was the only honorary member of the Chicago
< '■Hi Club and of the Brooklyn Coin Club. He held life memberships in the
American Numismatic Association and the N< w York Numismatic Club His
recti la r memberships included tin- Boston Numismatic Society, Bronx Coin
< tub, Rochester Numismatic Association and a great manv foreign numis¬
matic societies.
In 19.4. while on a trip to Europe and South America, his many friends
°f the American Numismatic Association struck a medal in gold for him.
testifying to their appreciation of the many splendid improvements ho had
made for the Association while President The medaj was designed by .1 M.
Swanson, and showed the bust facing The reverse bore the name and seal
l,f the Association Several years later the New York Numismatic Club
struck a medal with his profile on it also by Mr. Swanson, with tho reverse
showing the seal of the club in its regular series of l*r- sidential club medals
Throughout his life Moritz Wormser loved numismatics Ho also loved
numismatists, and attended club meetings whenever possible, in order to ho
able to get together with his friends His circle was very wide, and those
who came in to see him always were placed at their ease. ii<< never hesitated
to impart his numismatic knowledge to his friends, and he was an authority
on most European series
Knowing Moritz Wormser was a privilege which many members of the
Association will long treasure. His fair dealings with all. his level judge¬
ment when opinions clashed, and his knowledge of numismatics were an
extraordinary combination His interest in the welfare of ih« Association
was equaled by few; his donations to the Association Library will prove
useful for years to come, in the same way as tho gifts to the Association’s
loan exhibition fill certain gaps What cannot be measured is the many
hours of thought given by him to numismatics, and which w. rc given for
so many years to the bettering of our hobby through the American Numis¬
matic Association
Moritz Wormser can no longer take an active part in future numismatic
activities, but what he did accomplish In the years that he was active will
b«* felt and appreciated by those who may ytri\.< to till the tremendous void
which his sudden past* ng has made so obvious, to his family. Ins friends, and
hts associates
Ills funeral was attended by a number of his closest numismatic friends,
representing the many organizations to which he belonged
Mrs Edna M Wormser and bis three children. Samuel V. (’barb s M and
Carolyn survive him p p
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MOKITZ WOiniSKK.
Tlu- tragic loss of Moritz Wormser from tin numismatic ranks with almost
unbelievable suddenness will have repercussions whenever numismatics is
discussed and numismatists gather, for his influence was more extensive
than is generally realized.
Men of the caliber of Moritz Wormser are seldom willing or able to give
as much as he gave to the American Numismatic Association and to the gen¬
eral good of the numismatists of America A combination of characteristics
rarely found together formed the mainsprings: Charming personality with
good will to all; scientific numismatic student without prejudice for any
numismatic series; personal contact with collectors and dealers throughout
American and Europe continued by correspondence
Moritz Wormser was a collector of tie old school To him numismatics
was more than merely acquiring coins it was knowing intimately the his- *
tory of each specimen, it meant chatting sociably with the seller, and making
a life-long contact
His knowledge of languages, coupled with his travels, made it possible for
him to give intimate details of numismatic specimens unavailable to others.
His special knowledge was always at the disposal of friends and associates
and willingly given.
The loss of Moritz Wormser's advice and counsel at animal Conventions
cannot be measured. His ability to see the Association’s best interests at
all times was extraordinary. His logic anil presentations were always con¬
vincing and usually followed. He had only the Association’s interest at
heart.
The Association grieves at the loss of one of its best friends. It will always
revere his memory The numismatic life which he followed for nearly half
a century should prove an incentive to others. We hope that somewhere in
the ranks of the Association there is another character that will come to the
fore and lead the way. giving all and asking nothing in return, so that numis¬
matics and the Association may continue to progress further along the paths
made easier for so many years by Moritz Wormser.
*
The A.N.A. and Its Presidents
MORITZ WORMSER ( 1878- 1940)
Fourteenth President, 1921 to 1926
By
Jack \\\ Ogilvie, LM 93, Historian
The nth president of the A.N.A. held olllc-o for five terms of one year
each, a tenure longer than any other person. The reason was quite simple.
He was so popular and capable that no one, in the five years, ever opposed
him. Lot us, then, learn more about this efficient man who was a leader in
work, fine executive, conciliatory in discussion, and
never a dictator. His administration proved to be
another turning point in the history of the A.N.A.
Moritz Wormser was born in Heidelberg, Ger¬
many. on August 26, 1878, the son of a naturalized
Californian. He was schooled in Wiesbaden, Ger¬
many. and like several other past presidents, began
collecting coins about the age of 12. He came to
the United States in 1896. after the death of his
parents. He was graduated from Columbia Uni¬
versity in 1899 and received a degree from Colorado
School of Mines in 1900. Returning to Columbia,
he received his civil engineering degree in 1903.
He was engaged in contracting until 1911, then
went into commercial financing until 1935. He
founded the New Netherlands Coin Company in
1936, a firm now managed by his son, Charles M.
Wormser.
Wormser was a collector of the old school. To
him, numismatics was more than merely acquiring
coins - it meant knowing the complete history' of every specimen in his
collection, a cabinet rich in gold and silver coins of the world, including
many rarities. His knowledge of languages, coupled with his travels,
enabled him to point out intimate details when discussing his collection
with friends. His store of numismatic knowledge was an asset in writing
numerous articles for The SumismaUat. The subjects covered new issues
of coins of the world, as well as historical sidelights on others.
Moritz Wormser Joined the A.N.A. in December, 1911, as Number lo31.
He became a member of the American Numismatic Society and the New
York Numismatic Club at about the same time. He served in official
capacities in both organizations. His first office in the Association was as
a member of the board from 1917 to 1919. He was elected chairman of the
board in 1919 and served until elected 14th president at the 1921 Boston
convention.
Two men elected that year remained on his staff during his entire
administration - Harry Yawger, chairman of the board, and Charles
Markus, a board member. George J Bauer and Alden Scott Boyer served in
several capacities during Wormser’s tenure, and each of the four men¬
tioned eventually became A.N.A. presidents. Other prominent numisma¬
tists serving with him were Frank Shumway, Ludgar Gravel, Charles H.
Fisher. B. Max Mchl, F. C. C. Boyd. Elmer Sears, Julius Guttag. Ex-Presi¬
dent Waldo Moore, and the renowned Edward T. Newell. President of the
A.N.S. from 1916 to 1941, Newell served two terms on the A.N.A. board
DECEMBER. 1965
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Moritz Uornwr
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
1929-1940
AMERICAN NUMISMATIC
PRESIDENT
HALL OF FAME
BOARD CHAIRMAN
ASSOCIATION
1921
1970
1919,
1920
(Moritz Wormser,
from 1925 until 1927. George H. Blake, noted authority on paper money,
was elected treasurer in 1922 and held the office until 1949, then became
treasurer emeritus until his death in 1955. Another long-time servant was
Harry T. Wilson, who was elected general secretary in 1923 and remained
until 1933.
As leader of this illustrious team of junior ofTicers, Wormser continued
to lift the association from the doldrums of World War I and on to
greater accomplishments. The roster of active members, which started
to climb after the war, gained momentum under his leadership. Ilis
visitations from coast to coast cemented fraternal friendship among the
members and A.N.A. branches and clubs. New corporate members were
formed in various cities.
Numismatic Milestones During the Wormser Administration
Commemorative coins, held to only seven issues until 1920, erupted
in 1921 with a second Pilgrim, two Missouri, and two Alabama issues. The
two Grant issues followed in 1922, and before President Wormser, who
This bronze Moritz Wormser medal has been donated to the A.N.A. medal
collection by Past President J. Douglas Ferguson.
denounced the over issuing of commemoratives, finished his term, eight
more had made their appearance. The long awaited Peace dollar made its
disappointing appearance on January 3, 1922, after having been struck
late in 1921. While a government spokesman stated that, despite criticism,
there would be no changes, the coins of 1922 and thereafter were struck in
low relief.
The June, 1922, Numismatist contained the first of a series on "Descrip¬
tive List of Obsolete Paper Money” by D. C. Wismer. It continued until
1936 and constituted the longest series ever published in the magazine.
The by-laws were changed at the 1922 New York convention to permit
life membership in the association for a fee of $50. Of the eight who
immediately enrolled, the president modestly took No. 8. Attendance rec¬
ords showed 89 members registered. For the enlightenment of convention
badge collectors, no special artistic badges were provided in 1922 because
of prohibitive costs.
President Wormser made a forceful address at the convention, empha¬
sizing the historic value and importance of numismatics. He stressed
recognition and development of its science by establishing numismatic
courses in universities, and particularly through more elaborate displays
in national collections. Ilis goal was to build these collections and exhibits
to the prominence of those in European museums. He felt it was a duty
of the A.N.A. to take a leading part in such a program. The speech was
widely circulated and created considerable interest. Curator Theodore
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THE NUMISMATIST
(Moritz Wormser, con'
Belote of the Smithsonian Institution, an A.N.A. member, quickly realized
that if Wormser's project became a reality, the prominence of the numis¬
matic display at the Institution would bo greatly enhanced. The display
was rich in medals, decorations, foreign and ancient coins, but the United
States collection of nearly 17,000 specimens was housed for public viewing
in the Philadelphia mint.
Because of a robbery at the Denver mint early in 1923, both it and
the Philadelphia facility were closed to visitors. Closing of the latter
barred the public from viewing the mint collection. Government officials,
over considerable opposition, decided to move the entire collection to the
Smithsonian. The move was made in early summer, the coins with the
numismatic display, and the exhibit again opened to the public. A paper,
written b> Belote. giving details of the new housing facilities and explaining
the advantages of the merger, was read at the 1923 Montreal convention.
The president, in the interim, initiated a program to form an A.N.A.
collection of coins and medals which eventually would augment those in
the Institution. Librarian Edward Putnam was named curator and all
numismatic items received were housed in Rochester, N. Y. Response to
the venture lagged and did not come up to expectations. At the 1925
Detroit convention, a committee was appointed to work with a similar
group from the Institution for the purpose of placing the A.N.A. collection
on permanent loan in the national museum. It was announced at the 1927
Hartford convention that, through a fund donated by Robert P. King, a
purchase of coins had U'cn made to be placed in the Smithsonian as the
first of such loans.
Wormser acted as chairman of the coin purchasing committee from
its inception. It was an unending effort, but a pet project of this dedicated
man until he died. The assembled 19-10 Detroit convention, in recognition
of Wormser’s work in founding and caring for the display, honored him
by renaming it the Moritz Wormser Memorial Exhibit of the American
Numismatic Association.
Late in 1923, Julius Guttag suggested that a week be set aside for
the exhibition of coins on a competitive basis, nation wide in scope and
advertising, and to be known as National Coin Week. President Wormser
proclaimed February 9 to 16. 1921, as Coin Week. Reports published in
The Numismatist from many places, including the far away Philippines,
stated that reaction was most gratifying. Banks reported a new interest
in coins and medals. Coin Week became a national event thereafter.
The 1913 Liberty Head ’’nicker made another rare appearance after
four years of silence. An inconspicuous ad on page 51 of the January,
1924, Numismatist offered for sale all of the five known proof <?> speci
mens of this now famous rarity. The advertiser was August Wagner of
Philadelphia, Pa. The five coins eventually found their way into the Col.
E H. R. Green collection.
The February. 1924. edition of Tht Numismatist devoted most of its
pages to "Lincoln in Numismatics." written by Robert P. King. It was
heavily illustrated and attributed all known Lincolniana to that date.
A supplement appeared in the April, 1927. f/umiWMifiif. The two issues
constitute a standard reference on the subject.
One of the highlights of the 1924 convention was the presentation, by
Edward T. Newell, of a gold medal to President Wormser in appreciation
"of his untiring efforts in behalf of a Greater A.N.A.” Copies of the medal
in bronze and silver were sold by the Association.
A few weeks prior to the 1925 Detroit convention a fund was raised
to place a memorial granite marker at the grave of Dr. George F. Heath,
founder of the A.N.A. During the convention, officials of the association
and many interested moml>ers made a trip to Monroe, Mich., 40 miles
southward, to attend dedication ceremonies of the memorial. Wormser
t)
DECEMBER, 1965
1849
(Moritz Wormser,
made the dedication address and Donald R. Heath, the doctor’s son, repre¬
sented the Heath family.
It was announced at the convention that the association, for the first
time, had passed the 1,000 mark in active members. Its first membership
list in booklet form was issued in September, 1925. Besides naming the
record membership, it contained the by-laws, other pertinent data, and
31 pages of advertisements.
The Bryan Money number of The Numismatist was issued in July,
1926. Farran Zerbe, numismatic scholar, was the author of this treatise on
the satirical tokens of the U. S. presidential campaigns of 1896 and 1900.
Nearly 150 specimens, many illustrated, are attributed.
Wormser made known his desire to retire from the presidency when
the 1926 convention met in Washington, D. C. The subject was avoided
in the hope he might change his mind. Then resolution No. 1 was read
from the lloor “expressing an unusual debt of gratitude and deep apprecia¬
tion for the distinguished services of our retiring president, Moritz
Wormser...” The resolution continued to extoll the accomplishments of
the president. The audience awaited the final tribute silently, then a
standing ovation broke that silence. Wormser resumed the chair and
continued his duties until the election of Harry Yawger, 15th president,
was announced.
This did not end his services as an officer. He had consented to remain
as a board member and in the election received the highest number of
votes polled. He remained on the board until 1932 and was elected again
in 1935 and served until 1937, which gave him a total of 17 years as an
official of the organization.
Wormser once stated that his long tenure as president was devoted
to three objectives to which he had given much time and some money,
namely: Building up the association membership, increasing its prestige
and influence at home, and fostering relations with the numismatic socie¬
ties abroad. Statistics prove his statement was correct.
The membership roster grew to more than 3,000, with more than 1,000
active members. Some of the 17 corporate members on the list only a
decade previously had boasted almost as many members as the A.N.A.
Its prestige at home was unquestioned and world relations were on the
highest level.
During Wormser’s administration, the association enrolled an impres¬
sive number of prominent numismatists, including three who would become
president - T. James Clarke, L. W. Hoffecker, and J. Douglas Ferguson.
Many are with us today (1965) with numbers from 2261 to 3036. This
gain, however, was offset by the deaths of such collectors as H. O. Mann,
John Beck, and Virgil M. Brand; Ex-Presidents B. P. Wright and Albert R.
Frey; Benefactor W. W. C. Wilson; Sculptor Victor D. Brenner, and distin¬
guished numismatists Lyman Low, Robert W. McLachlin and John W.
Haseltine.
Moritz Wormser attended almost every A.N.A. convention from 1917
to 1939. He remained active in the organization’s affairs and projects
until he passed away unexpectedly on May 22, 19-10. David M. Bullowa
eulogized him in these words: “Knowing Moritz Wormser was a privilege.
. . . His fair dealings with all, his level judgment when opinions clashed,
and his knowledge of numismatics were an extraordinary combination.
His interest in the welfare of the association was equalled by few; his
donations to the library and loan exhibit ... will prove helpful for many
years to come. What cannot be measured is the many hours of thought . . .
given for so many years, for the betterment of our hobby through the
American Numismatic Association.”
The many notable achievements of Moritz. Wormser entitled him to
a place in the history of the A.N.A. as one of its most eminent and
distinguished members.
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THE NUMISMATIST
Boston Numismatic Society
BOSTON, MASS.. U. S. A.
Office of the Secretary
MEMORIAL TO MORITZ W0RM3ER
BY
SHEPARD POND
BOSTON NUMISMATIC SOCIETY
By the sudden death of Moritz Worm3er in New York on May 22,1940,
the Ponton Nurr.i mnatic Sooioty Buffered tho loss of one of Its mo3t
di stingui shed combers and tho numismatic world at large one of its
best known figures.
Cultured and widely travelled, the Tranter of several languages,
Mr . Wormser was happily able to Indulge to a high degree his inter¬
ests In coins and medal a, cent ©ring his atudy, unlike most American
numi Girati at a, on Europe rather than tho United States, After bio
election to our Society in 1929 his occasional visits to Boston on
personal affairs were often thoughtfully timed to coincide with our
meetings and we shall long remomber the talks and exhibits with, which
he entertained us at suoh times.
Mr.Wormaer hod fch unusual Interest In the onooura gement of numic-
matlc activities having Veonatny ^itriiyoyeoro a member of the Council
of the American Numlsmatlo Society and past president of the New York
Numismatic Club which honored him at the termination of his presidency
by striking a modal bearing his likeness# For over twenty yearn he
had be^n one of the most influential figures in the Amerioan Numisma¬
tic Association of which he waa once president and several times one
of its governors.
His invariable courtesy and sociability coupled with his wide
knowledge of coins and medalo won him a host of friends and admirers
who realize only too well what a gap his passing leaves in American
numismatic circles.
In testimony of the esteem in whioh the memory of Moritz Wormser
in held by the members of the Boston Numlsmatlo Society the Secretary
has been instructed to entor those sentiments in the Society* 3 record
book and to send a copy thereof to the family of our late beloved
colleague#
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